The meaning of KILLING is the act of one that kills. How to use killing in a sentence.

2 days ago · A 31-year-old man shot and killed his seven young children and a cousin and critically wounded his wife and another woman Sunday morning in northwestern Louisiana, authorities said, a …

2 days ago · Another deadly shooting has torn apart another American community. In Shreveport, Louisiana, a man shot and killed eight children and left two other adults gravely wounded. The killer …

KILLING definition: the act of a person or thing that kills. See examples of killing used in a sentence.

assassinate applies to deliberate killing openly or secretly often for political motives.

1 day ago · The Shreveport, Louisiana shooting was the deadliest instance of paternal filicide in the U.S. in decades.

adjective 1. informal very tiring; exhausting a killing pace 2. informal extremely funny; hilarious

1. a general term for murder; the killing of another human being. 2. the murderer of another. — homicidal, adj. homicidomania

2 days ago · The 2020 killing of George Floyd, a Black man, sparked nationwide protests and a reckoning about race and policing. A former Minneapolis police officer was convicted of murder in April.

Mar 17, 2026 · (informal, usually as make a killing) A large amount of money. He made a killing on the stock market.