nounπShareOne who or that which kills."Carbon monoxide is a silent killer."personhumananimalinhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThat which causes stress or is extremely difficult, especially that which may cause failure at a task."That test was a killer."attitudesituationmindChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareSomething that is so far ahead of its competition that it effectively kills off that competition."Digital streaming platforms are CD killers."businesseconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA knockout form of darts or pool involving several players.""Tonight at the pub, we're playing killers in darts; the last player standing wins!" "sportgameentertainmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA club used for killing fish."The fisherman kept several killers on his boat for quickly dispatching the large tuna he caught. "fishweaponutensilChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA particularly heavy type of handstamp, or portion of one, often obscuring a large part of the postage stamp."The collectors complained that the killers on the envelopes completely ruined the beautiful stamps. "stationerymarkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA 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)."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. "languagelinguisticswritingphoneticsgrammarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA sea mammal related to dolphins and porpoises (Orcinus orca)."A pod of killers swam close to the boat, their black and white markings easily visible. "animaloceanfishbiologynatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading