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killings

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for killings.

Editorial note

Killings by police, though, are killings ostensibly on our behalf.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

The act of killing.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of killings gathered in one view.

noun

The act of killing.

noun

An instance of someone being killed.

noun

A surname.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for killings.

noun

The act of killing.

noun

An instance of someone being killed.

noun

A surname.

noun

(informal, usually as make a killing) A large amount of money.

Example sentences

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Killings by police, though, are killings ostensibly on our behalf.

2

There have been a string of killings by police of innocent black people, and juries refuse to convict.

3

You are saying that, if it weren't for the police, there would be no killings and shootings.

4

The Guardian has a pretty good online feature that aggregates the data on police-involved killings.

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In practice it would just make it easier to kill -- so more killings.

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It's 500 reported killings during the first 6 months of 2015 already.

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And if you included all the killings in Chicago during the same period, it would probably make most of Mexico looks like Disney Land.

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We're talking about the greatest mass killings ever seen my man.

9

Doesn't it make you curious that the police in other western countries don't seem to have anywhere near the same number of killings per capita?

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The honor killings bit is related to the ethics of killing...

11

This doesn't get a lot of media attention or create a lot of outrage, even though the numbers are much, much higher than police involved killings.

12

But I can't imagine that it was no factor in any of the killings.

Quote examples

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I'm not sure "honor killings" rank on the list of why double-checking localized fonts on devices is important.

2

Still, what the data shows about the race of victims and officers, and the circumstances of killings, are "certainly relevant," Loftin said.

3

Do we care about mass killings, or whatever is qualified as a "rampage shooting"?

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See also, "only priests/prophets/etc can reason about theology" or "only muslims suffering the shame of being related to a rape victim can reason about honor killings".

Proper noun examples

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Killings by police in the US are way up during the 2000s.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use killings in a sentence?

Killings by police, though, are killings ostensibly on our behalf.

What does killings mean?

The act of killing.

What part of speech is killings?

killings is commonly used as noun.