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1
a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work
- weeding out that overgrown garden is going to be a killer
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2
a person who kills another person
- gunned down by hired killers
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adjectiveSynonyms & Antonyms of killer (Entry 2 of 2)
1
likely to cause or capable of causing death
- killer viruses that claimed millions of lives
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2
requiring considerable physical or mental effort
- a killer exercise program guaranteed to whip you into shape
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- arduous,
- Augean,
- backbreaking,
- challenging,
- demanding,
- difficult,
- effortful,
- exacting,
- formidable,
- grueling
- (or gruelling),
- hard,
- heavy,
- hellacious,
- herculean,
- laborious,
- moiling,
- murderous,
- pick-and-shovel,
- rigorous,
- rough,
- rugged,
- severe,
- stiff,
- strenuous,
- sweaty,
- tall,
- testing,
- toilsome,
- tough,
- uphill
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- cheap,
- easy,
- effortless,
- facile,
- light,
- mindless,
- simple,
- soft,
- undemanding
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“Killer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/killer. Accessed 19 Sep. 2021.
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