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  • past tense form of kill.
  • past participle of kill.
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killed



ADJECTIVE
executed
Synonyms
STRONG
beheaded crucified electrocuted fried garroted gassed guillotined hanged shot


ADJECTIVE
slain
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
assassinated dead




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It remains unclear whether anyone was injured or killed and why the collision occurred.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2026

The report by Special Rapporteur Ben Saul said since September last year there had been at least 68 US strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific, outside US territorial waters, which killed more than 220 people.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2026

During the 1710 siege of Tallinn, for example, the disease killed Swedish and Russian soldiers as well as civilians.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2026

The crash that killed three people on Tuesday night, including two NBC4 journalists, involved a single-engine AS350 B2 helicopter.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2026

You had to be killed to have it count as being assassinated.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman




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