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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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The footage, from a camera on one of the killed police officers, shows residents of the southern village of Kamyshuvakha going to an underground shelter after the first attack on Monday.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday named a temporary replacement for transport minister Oscar Puente who resigned over a train disaster that killed 69 people.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

His mother was a member of the august Carrillo family, and his father was a captain in the Mexican army, killed in the Cahuenga Pass when his namesake son was just a few weeks old.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

The crash in Palm Beach County killed all nine people on board the Bahamas-bound business jet and injured a nearby driver.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Last winter my father had killed only three bearded seals and there was a whole month when we didn't have much to eat.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell


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