killing

The act or action of causing death, as of a person.

A sudden large profit.

Causing or apt to cause death; fatal.

Thoroughly exhausting.

Hilarious.

The act of slaying or depriving of life.

In the manufacture of steel, the practice of stopping or preventing the evolution of gas in the steel. Steel is most commonly killed with silicon or aluminium.

Depriving of life; deadly; doing execution.

Overpowering; irresistible: generally in the sense of fascinating, bewitching, charming, so as to attract and compel admiration: as, killing coquetries.

So terrible or frightful as almost to kill one; exceedingly severe; exhausting; wearing.