A village near Loch Tay in Stirling council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN5732).

Alternative spelling of killing

present participle of kill

That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal. / (dated) Devastatingly attractive. / That makes one ‘die’ with laughter; very funny.

An instance of someone being killed. / (informal, usually as make a killing) A large amount of money.

The field of fire of a machine gun or artillery. / A place of mass slaughter, especially the Killing Fields of Cambodia.

A number of sites in Cambodia where mass slaughter of some 2,000,000 people was carried out by the Khmer Rouge in the late 1970s.

(baseball, slang) A double play.

A number of murders in a short span of time; a rampage.

Alternative spelling of mercy killing / (sports) In sports, a premature ending of a one-sided game or contest due to a mercy rule.