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killer 1 of 2

noun

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as in headache
a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work weeding out that overgrown garden is going to be a killer

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as in murderer
a person who kills another person gunned down by hired killers

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killer

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adjective

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as in lethal
likely to cause or capable of causing death killer viruses that claimed millions of lives

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as in difficult
requiring considerable physical or mental effort a killer exercise program guaranteed to whip you into shape

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“Killer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/killer. Accessed 6 Dec. 2022.

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