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  • past participle of kill.
  • past tense form 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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"I have no doubt there will be aspects of the governance of the hospital where she killed within the report that will be harnessed to support that view."

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Al-Qaeda meanwhile marked the anniversary by releasing a video showing images of the late Bin Laden and his son Hamza, who Trump said in 2019 had also been killed.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

The airline’s safety practices, its arrangement with Amazon and the pilots’ actions are among the National Transportation Safety Board’s lines of inquiry into the Miami incident that killed five people.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

Recognizing the bloody result of America’s post-9/11 conflicts, and especially its shambolic war of choice in Iraq, does not take away from the grief and respect owed to those who were killed.

From Slate Sep. 11, 2026

If he, who had advocated nonviolence rather than nationalism or separatism had been killed, what hope did the rest of us Negroes have?

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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