KILLER


Meaning of KILLER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kɪlə(r) ]

( killers)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

A killer is a person who has killed someone, or who intends to kill someone.

The police are searching for his killers...

= murderer

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2.

You can refer to something that causes death or is likely to cause death as a killer .

Heart disease is the biggest killer of men in most developed countries.

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