KILLERS Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

killers

noun

plural of killer

as in headaches

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 murderers

a person who kills another person gunned down by hired killers

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Recent Examples of killers Plenty of killers have been unmasked over the years, and the bodies have piled up in increasingly inventive ways. — Scott Shilstone, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026 Rita, whose parents were renowned as peacemakers, forgave her husband's killers. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 Antiseptic mouthwashes built around chlorhexidine gluconate are heavy-duty bacteria killers, usually prescription only. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026 The second season promises a more diverse selection of killers for our man and his boy to hunt down. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026 The area remains on high alert while authorities investigate whether a serial killer or killers are responsible. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026 According to police, McKinsey’s killers were his in-laws, married couple Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, both 77, of Dublin. — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026 Free-trial and multi-account abuse are the quiet killers of AI unit economics, and businesses often discover the damage only after their margins are gone. — Sarita Singh, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026 Most of the killers — heart disease, cancer, and unintentional injuries top the list — remained unchanged from 2023. — Amanda Erickson, STAT, 22 Sep. 2026

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Various parts of the plant have been used in traditional medicine systems such as Ayurveda to treat conditions including headaches, colic, dropsy, rheumatism, nervous agitation, constipation, dyspepsia, and infections of the eye and throat.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
In Monroe County, Woltanski said funding vouchers in her Florida Keys community has caused some budget headaches.

— Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026

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There have been jobs added in Amsterdam, Paris, and Frankfurt.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Workers from India reported having to pay $5,600 to recruiters to get the jobs, but the settlement did not directly address abuses in India, where prosecutors could not investigate, officials said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026

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But instead the sisters wind up confronting assassins, demons with human familiars, and revelations about their late mother’s place within Le Clan des Sorcières.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
Separately in the episode, River (Jack Lowden) and Sid (Olivia Cooke) are on the run from a pair of assassins, while the rest of the team circles the wagons en route to a safe house.

— Lisa de los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026