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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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Even those numbers omit many soldiers killed since mid-2025, and the total could be closer to 600,000 now, some analysts said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Their drummer Travis Barker is married to Kourtney Kardashian and survived a plane crash in the US that killed four people in 2008.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

Magellan, who had been killed in the Philippines, was among the many lost along the way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Some 521 ex-FARC signatories have been killed in the decade since the group disbanded, according to the Ombudsman report.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

In answer, the spirits accurately communicated the deceased’s city, occupation, religion, age, number of children, and the disease that killed him.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock


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