noun Download 🔗Share One who or that which kills. Examples : "Carbon monoxide is a silent killer." person human animal inhuman Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share That which causes stress or is extremely difficult, especially that which may cause failure at a task. Examples : "That test was a killer." attitude situation mind Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Something that is so far ahead of its competition that it effectively kills off that competition. Examples : "Digital streaming platforms are CD killers." business economy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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!" " sport game entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A club used for killing fish. Examples : "The fisherman kept several killers on his boat for quickly dispatching the large tuna he caught. " fish weapon utensil Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. " stationery mark Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. " language linguistics writing phonetics grammar Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. " animal ocean fish biology nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading