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killers

/ˈkɪlɚz/

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noun

Asesinos, matadores

One who or that which kills.

Examples :

"Carbon monoxide is a silent killer."

El monóxido de carbono es un asesino silencioso.

person human animal inhuman

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Dificultades, problemas

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

Examples :

"That test was a killer."

Ese examen fue un problema.

attitude situation mind

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Asesino, imbatible

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

Examples :

"Digital streaming platforms are CD killers."

Las plataformas de transmisión digital son asesinos de CD.

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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!" "

¡Esta noche en el pub jugamos a killer en los dardos; el último jugador en pie gana!

sport game entertainment

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Garrote para matar peces

A club used for killing fish.

Examples :

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

El pescador guardaba varios garrotes en su barco para despachar rápidamente los grandes atunes que pescaba.

fish weapon utensil

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Un tipo de sello de mano particularmente pesado, o una porción del mismo, que a menudo oscurece una gran parte del sello postal

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. "

Los coleccionistas se quejaron de que los sellos de mano en los sobres arruinaron por completo los hermosos sellos.

stationery mark

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Signo diacrítico, signo de supresión vocálica

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. "

Al estudiar la escritura devanagari, aprendimos que los "halants" o "vimas" son signos de supresión vocálica que silencian el sonido inherente 'a' al final de una consonante.

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Orca

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. "

Una manada de orcas nadaba cerca del bote, sus marcas blancas y negras eran fácilmente visibles.

animal ocean fish biology nature