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killers

/ˈkɪlɚz/

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Mörder, Totschläger

One who or that which kills.

Examples :

"Carbon monoxide is a silent killer."

Kohlenmonoxid ist ein stiller Mörder.

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Herausforderungen, Schwierigkeiten

That which causes stress or is extremely difficult, especially that which may cause failure at a task.

Examples :

"That test was a killer."

Der Test war eine Herausforderung.

attitude situation mind

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Überflieger, Konkurrentenvernichter

Something that is so far ahead of its competition that it effectively kills off that competition.

Examples :

"Digital streaming platforms are CD killers."

Digitale Streaming-Plattformen sind Konkurrentenvernichter für CDs.

business economy

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Killer

A knockout form of darts or pool involving several players.

Examples :

""Tonight at the pub, we're playing killers in darts; the last player standing wins!" "

Heute Abend spielen wir im Pub Killer beim Dart; der letzte Spieler, der steht, gewinnt!

sport game entertainment

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Totschläger

A club used for killing fish.

Examples :

"The fisherman kept several killers on his boat for quickly dispatching the large tuna he caught. "

Der Fischer hatte mehrere Totschläger auf seinem Boot, um die großen Thunfische, die er fing, schnell zu töten.

fish weapon utensil

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Stempel, der einen großen Teil der Briefmarke verdeckt

A particularly heavy type of handstamp, or portion of one, often obscuring a large part of the postage stamp.

Examples :

"The collectors complained that the killers on the envelopes completely ruined the beautiful stamps. "

Die Sammler beschwerten sich, dass die Stempel auf den Umschlägen die schönen Briefmarken völlig ruinierten.

stationery mark

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Diakritisches Zeichen, Vokalunterdrückungszeichen

A diacritical mark used in Indic scripts to suppress an inherent vowel (e.g., the Hindi viram, the Bengali or Oriya hasanta) or render the entire syllable silent (e.g., the Burmese virama, the Khmer toandakhiat).

Examples :

"In studying Devanagari script, we learned that "halants" or "vimas" are vowel killers that silence the inherent 'a' sound at the end of a consonant. "

Beim Studium der Devanagari-Schrift lernten wir, dass „Halants“ oder „Vimas“ Vokalunterdrückungszeichen sind, die den inhärenten „a“-Laut am Ende eines Konsonanten verstummen lassen.

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Schwertwal

A sea mammal related to dolphins and porpoises (Orcinus orca).

Examples :

"A pod of killers swam close to the boat, their black and white markings easily visible. "

Eine Gruppe von Schwertwalen schwamm dicht am Boot, ihre schwarz-weißen Markierungen waren gut sichtbar.

animal ocean fish biology nature