killings

Meanings

• Noun or Gerund

  The act of causing someone or something to die.

  - "The killings in the war zone have been increasing."
  - "The serial killer's killings were gruesome."

• Noun

  A large number of deaths occurring in a short period of time.

  - "The killings in Rwanda during the genocide numbered in the hundreds of thousands."
  - "The mass killings in the Holocaust are a dark chapter in human history."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with killings
kill , will , mill , chill , thrill , spill , drill , hill , still , pill , chill , grill , ill , will , mill , shrill , chilled , gilled , filled

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Variants

List of all variants of killings that leads to same result
killing , killings , mercy killing , mercy killings

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Forms

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kill, kills, killing, killed

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Etymology

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From Old English 'cyllean' meaning 'to kill'.

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Trivia

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1. Did you know that the term 'genocide' was coined by Raphael Lemkin in 1944?

2. The largest single-day mass killing in human history is estimated to be the Battle of the Somme during World War I, with over 50,000 deaths.

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Related Concepts

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1. Homicide: The unlawful killing of another human being with malice aforethought.

2. Manslaughter: The unlawful killing of another human being without malice aforethought.

3. Genocide: The deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.

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Culture

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Killings have been a subject of literature, art, and music, often reflecting the darker aspects of human nature. They have been depicted in works such as Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart', and Bob Dylan's 'Hurricane'.

How to Memorize "killings"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a scene of violence or conflict where people are being killed.
   - Visualize the aftermath of a mass killing.
   - Visualize the emotional impact of a killing on the victims' families.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'killings' with violence, death, and conflict.
   - Associate it with images of war, crime scenes, and mass graves.
   - Associate it with emotions such as fear, anger, and sadness.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the acronym KILL to remember the different meanings: K - Act of causing someone to die, I - Large number of deaths, L - Act of causing someone to die (Gerund form)

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