1
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
In the minutes leading up to the end of the show, Gein has a vision of several serial killers ushering him to the afterlife.
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 6 Oct. 2025
Gein was also the inspiration for other killers in pop culture, including Leatherface in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
But taking the role was not an easy choice for Krieps, until co-showrunner Ryan Murphy explained how the two killers’ stories came together.
—William Earl, Variety, 4 Oct. 2025
The only people who write him letters are serial killers who adore him, especially serial killers who were portrayed on the Netflix series Mindhunter (which Monster, for some reason, takes a swipe at with a frankly exhausting, metatextual parody).
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025
Why does Ryan Murphy love Wisconsin killers so much?
—Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Other killers that have inspired Murphy’s previous Monster installments include Jeffrey Dahmer and the Menendez brothers.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
But, in a lot of ways, Ed Gein, the subject of the newest season in the horror anthology series about real-life killers, is the original monster.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
The company’s ethos is centered on significantly shortening the drug discovery and development process, ultimately creating medicines to treat the most significant killers, starting with aggressive cancers like breast cancer, prostate cancer, and lymphoma.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 29 Sep. 2025
Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 6 Oct. 2025
Gein was also the inspiration for other killers in pop culture, including Leatherface in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
But taking the role was not an easy choice for Krieps, until co-showrunner Ryan Murphy explained how the two killers’ stories came together.
—William Earl, Variety, 4 Oct. 2025
The only people who write him letters are serial killers who adore him, especially serial killers who were portrayed on the Netflix series Mindhunter (which Monster, for some reason, takes a swipe at with a frankly exhausting, metatextual parody).
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025
Why does Ryan Murphy love Wisconsin killers so much?
—Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Other killers that have inspired Murphy’s previous Monster installments include Jeffrey Dahmer and the Menendez brothers.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
But, in a lot of ways, Ed Gein, the subject of the newest season in the horror anthology series about real-life killers, is the original monster.
—Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
The company’s ethos is centered on significantly shortening the drug discovery and development process, ultimately creating medicines to treat the most significant killers, starting with aggressive cancers like breast cancer, prostate cancer, and lymphoma.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for killers
Noun
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And constant headaches coming from upstairs.—
David Hudnall,
Kansas City Star,
2 Oct. 2025
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But that will not solve all their scheduling headaches.—
Matt Slater,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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And there exists no explicit government edict banning speculation about the motivation of murderers.—
Onkar Ghate,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
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Such comparisons are too easily drawn, with too much self-righteousness, as though the guilt for what was done to the Jews could be lightened just a little by likening them to their own murderers.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Some employers like Google, Microsoft, and EY have all offered high-level jobs to applicants without degrees, focusing on work experience and special credentialing.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
7 Oct. 2025
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Taking the creative helm of Chanel as only the fourth artistic director to ever lead the house, Blazy has been entrusted with one of the biggest and most sought-after — although perhaps not the most challenging — jobs in fashion.—
Fiona Sinclair Scott,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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Are assassins like Kirk’s killer simply pathological outliers among agitated but otherwise self-restrained populations?—
Ron Barrett,
The Conversation,
2 Oct. 2025
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Brian’s life is saved by Murtagh, who tackles him and rolls him to a hiding spot while the assassins pass.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Killers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/killers. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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