killed
Ended a life
Killed is the past tense of kill—to cause death or end life.
Beyond literal death, killed extends to stopping or defeating something: The committee killed the proposal.
In casual speech, killed means exhausted My feet are killing me or impressed greatly She killed it at the audition.
To kill time is to occupy yourself while waiting.
Death from accident
- casualtyPerson harmed in disaster
- victimOne harmed by another
- deceasedNo longer living
- slainKilled, often violently
murdered · slaughter · homicide · manslaughter · assassination · execution · bloodshed · carnage
Secured with fasteners
- crushedCompressed into fragments
- smashedBroken or intoxicated
- acedPerformed without error
- dominatedControlled or overpowered
owned · slayed · destroyed · murdered · annihilated · demolished · wrecked · show-stopper
Completely destroyed, nothing remaining
- obliteratedUtterly and completely destroyed
- wiped outUtterly without remaining energy
- devastatedOverwhelmed by grief
- ruinedDamaged beyond recovery
wrecked · decimated · eradicated · exterminated · eliminated · extinguished · crushed · demolished
Animal being hunted
- quarryPit for extracting rock
- gameOrganized play or sport
- trophyAward for winning
- poachingUnlawful wildlife capture
stalking · tracking · hunter · safari · snare · trap · ambush · crosshairs
Causing or capable of death
- deadlyAble to cause expiration
- mortalSubject to death
- terminalAt the endpoint
- murderousInclined to kill
deathly · death blow · coup de grâce · fatal wound · cause of death · toxicity · poisoning
Brought to an end
- stoppedBrought to a halt
- haltedCame to rest
- cancelledOfficially called off
- scrappedDiscarded as useless
axed · shelved · discontinued · abolished · quashed · vetoed · nixed · torpedoed
Deprived of sensation
- deadenedMade less intense
- mutedMade quieter or softer
- suppressedForcibly held down
- stifledForcibly held in
quelled · dampened · silenced · smothered · extinguished · neutralized · blocked · anesthetized
fatality
Death from accident
slain · murdered · slaughter · homicide · manslaughter · assassination · execution · bloodshed · carnage · massacre
nailed
Secured with fasteners
dominated · owned · slayed · destroyed · murdered · annihilated · demolished · wrecked · show-stopper
annihilated
Completely destroyed, nothing remaining
- obliteratedUtterly and completely destroyed
- wiped outUtterly without remaining energy
- devastatedOverwhelmed by grief
ruined · wrecked · decimated · eradicated · exterminated · eliminated · extinguished · crushed · demolished · ravaged
prey
Animal being hunted
poaching · stalking · tracking · hunter · safari · snare · trap · ambush · crosshairs · rifles
lethal
Causing or capable of death
murderous · deathly · death blow · coup de grâce · fatal wound · cause of death · toxicity · poisoning
terminated
Brought to an end
scrapped · axed · shelved · discontinued · abolished · quashed · vetoed · nixed · torpedoed · derailed
numbed
Deprived of sensation
- deadenedMade less intense
- mutedMade quieter or softer
- suppressedForcibly held down
stifled · quelled · dampened · silenced · smothered · extinguished · neutralized · blocked · anesthetized · desensitized
- past tensewent, was, were, had, got
- deathlydead, deadly, deathly, deceased, dying
- killedmurdered, slain, assassinated, executed, shot
- stand-upstand-up, standup, comedians, stand-up comedy, comedian
- discontinueddiscontinued, terminated, cancelled, ended, stopped
- removedremoved, taken out, eliminated, deleted, erased
killedrevived
Restored to consciousness
resurrected · spared · saved · resuscitated · rescued
- kill timePass hours aimlessly
- killing timePassing moments idly
- to killCause death deliberately
- killing meCausing uncontrollable laughter
- killer whaleApex ocean predator
- time to killUnoccupied interval awaiting something
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