I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a deadly/killer virus
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a killer virus which has already been responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people
cold-blooded killer
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a cold-blooded killer
crazed killer
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a crazed killer
giant killer
killer app
killer instinct (= an instinct to kill, harm or defeat someone )
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The team needs to develop the killer instinct.
killer whale
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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Diseases of the circulatory system - including heart attacks - are Britain's biggest killer at 295,794 deaths last year.
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In the tropics, for example, malaria is by far a bigger killer .
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Drug overdoses have become the single biggest killer among the city's young people.
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They are also, of course, the big killers .
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But in terms of years of potential life lost, the biggest killer is lung cancer, which usually strikes in middle age.
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Heart disease is now our biggest killer .
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Cancer-related diseases are the next biggest killers .
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Because the car is a bigger killer than violent crime.
major
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But of course our work will not end when we have broken the grip of the six major killer diseases.
real
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Even the first screen's a real killer to get through.
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And the real killer is, in two weeks, they will probably give the Broncos a healthy workout.
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The latter is a peaceful fish, whereas elongatus is a real killer .
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Their real killer is out and about.
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Your mission as you play Robot City: Find the real killer .
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The mop-haired lads considered the flick a real career killer .
serial
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There are a lot of courtroom drama books and serial killer tales about, but this one is special.
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This morning I made you out to be a serial killer !
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I discovered that it is true that a serial killer operated in the area.
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She enlists the help of psychiatrist / author Sigourney Weaver, an expert on serial killers .
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The imagination of Presley has been rendered uncomfortable by the presence of the serial killer known as Pitchfork Disney.
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Recycling is the first step toward becoming a serial killer .
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A jackboot serial killer on the loose, stomping down the humanist softies of soul?
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An alleged serial killer whose parents loved him?
■ NOUN
application
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Although a killer application still awaits discovery, proponents of on-line radio see some possible uses and benefits of the new technology.
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Digital photography will be another killer application for homes and small businesses.
bee
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Thus the myth of the killer bee was born.
cell
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In this study, nude mice were used that do not possess mature T lymphocytes but do have natural killer cell activity.
child
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A known killer - a child killer at that - is still free.
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Among the findings: About two-thirds of child killers victimized small children, with about 15 percent targeting newborns and infants.
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Allitt admits child attacks Child killer Beverley Allitt has finally admitted she attacked nine children.
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More than one-third of child killers took the life of their own brother or sister.
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Lord Bingham will consider fresh representations from child killers and others who have not yet served their recommended minimum sentences.
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Roughly half of child killers used a gun, while 16 percent used their own hands and feet as lethal weapons.
disease
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But of course our work will not end when we have broken the grip of the six major killer diseases .
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The extreme mechanistic approach that mainline medicine developed worked well for the great communicable killer diseases .
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They will cost £1 each and the cash will be used in the fight against a killer disease .
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Leprosy is not a killer disease .
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Until recently it was one of the greatest of all killer diseases .
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Please help yourself and others to combat this killer disease .
instinct
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On politics, it has none of the Washington Post's killer instincts .
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Our firm nurtures the killer instinct .
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A killer instinct required to spoil a tearful bon voyage party for a beloved figure.
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The rest of the first-half saw Rangers produce several good moves, but the killer instinct was lacking.
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This team is still trying to find a killer instinct .
weed
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Soil: The favourite growing medium for waterlilies is heavy garden soil that has not been in contact with insecticides or weed killers .
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Napalm poured into the villages while weed killers defoliated the countryside.
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Use weed killers very selectively, for spot rather than general treatment.
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For maximum effectiveness, weed killers and fertilizers should be applied now, says Glenn Hester, a Hidalgo County cotton farmer.
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In a typical year, Valley cotton farmers would be in the fields now, applying weed killer and preparing the land.
whale
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Nearby is Sea World, the home of sea lions, killer whales and other marine animals which perform before entranced audiences.
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The killer whale was in motion, swimming slowly around the raft to take a closer look.
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Species such as Risso's dolphin and false killer whales are killed in smaller numbers.
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He starts to travel north, but suddenly a killer whale is on his tall.
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The altered gene has also been found in mink, cattle-and a single killer whale .
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As the ferry nears Vengsøya I talk to Tor about our chances of seeing an orca, a killer whale .
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This range includes all dolphins, porpoises, narwhals, pilot and killer whales .
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Blake's mathematical models predict that dolphins, killer whales and even some penguins can porpoise.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
serial killer/murderer etc
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Ex-Ornette Coleman sideman Ronald Shannon Jackson was on drums, occasionally adding creepy blues vocals worthy of a serial killer.
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Read the February issue of eve to find out, and discuss whether serial killers are born that way below.
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She enlists the help of psychiatrist / author Sigourney Weaver, an expert on serial killers.
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She escapes and later discovers that her attacker is a suspected serial killer.
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She is a serial killer who picks up men in the Métro.
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There are a lot of courtroom drama books and serial killer tales about, but this one is special.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Dr Shipman is the biggest serial killer of all time.
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Police are searching for the killer of a 9 year old boy.
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Police are still searching for the killer .
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The judge described him as "a cold-blooded killer ".
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The victim's best friend, Joanne, is convinced the killer is local.
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Tracy's schedule is a real killer .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And the real killer is, in two weeks, they will probably give the Broncos a healthy workout.
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Brilliant detective work with a little luck tossed in to catch the savvy killer .
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But our instinctive need to fill the vacuum inspires us to the ultimate irony: We turn 12 average citizens into killers.
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Even serial killers get cost-of-living raises if they happen to have a pension adjusted for inflation.
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From Pennsylvania came details of a group murder, followed by the suicide of two of the killers.
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He'd been beaten about the head. 60 police officers are now searching for his killer .
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Meanwhile, a reward has been offered for information which might lead to the arrest of the killer of Arthur Brumhill.
II. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Killer floods and hurricanes in Asia have destroyed whole towns.
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a killer cyclone
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A swarm of killer bees has attacked 70 children in a village in northern Mexico.
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If you guys like garlic, this pickled garlic is killer stuff.
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The concert was killer .