The meaning of Killers

noun

A small, fast warship, especially one equipped for a defensive role against submarines and aircraft.

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The fleet includes a submarine, a destroyer and an aircraft carrier.

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An official who carries out a sentence of death on a condemned person.

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It had been difficult to find an executioner to carry out the sentence.

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Someone whose job is to execute criminals

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A person whose job is to eradicate pests from a building or area; a pest controller.

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If your house has scorpions, call a professional exterminator

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A person or thing that destroys something completely.

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He became an exterminator of pumas, tracking them down in dark caverns

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A person whose job it is to kill unwanted insects or animals

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The killing of one person by another.

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He was charged with homicide

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The crime of killing a person; murder

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[ u ] he was convicted of homicide.

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A person appointed to wind up the affairs of a company or firm.

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As noted above, an unregistered company charge is void as against both subsequent creditors and the…

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An official person or organization that is given the job of closing a company, by selling its assets so that its debts can be paid

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The liquidator appointed an expert to value the company's machinery.

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A person or thing that is likely to cause harm; a threat or danger.

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A new initiative aimed at beating the menace of drugs

verb

Be a threat or possible danger to.

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Africa's elephants are still menaced by poaching

noun

Danger, or someone or something that is likely to cause harm

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[ u ] there was an air of controlled menace about him., [ c ] that boy is a menace to himself and h…

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A person who commits murder.

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Convicted murderers

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Someone who illegally and intentionally kills another person

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A convicted murderer was executed in north carolina yesterday., a mass murderer (= someone who has …

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Serious and immediate danger.

Usage examples:

You could well place us both in peril

verb

Expose to danger; threaten.

Usage examples:

Jonathon perilled his life for love of david

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Danger, or something that is dangerous

Usage examples:

[ u ] the president said that we are entering a time of great peril.

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A contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the formation of buboes (bubonic plague) and sometimes infection of the lungs (pneumonic plague).

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Person-to-person spread of bubonic or septicemic plague does not occur; however, pneumonic plague i…

verb

A contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the formation of buboes ( bubonic plague ) and sometimes infection of the lungs ( pneumonic plague ).

verb

To cause someone or something difficulty or suffering, esp. repeatedly or continually

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Financial problems have been plaguing the company., that pain in my shoulder is plaguing me again.,…

noun

A whip used as an instrument of punishment.

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Begone, or shall i be required to chastise you with the whip and the scourge once more?

verb

Whip (someone) as a punishment.

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Our people did scourge him severely

noun

Someone or something that causes harm, evil, or destruction

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Smallpox, that scourge of previous generations, now is effectively extinct.

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Someone who kills a person or animal in a violent way.

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David, the slayer of goliath

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Someone who kills in a violent way

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A dragon slayer

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A person or thing that terminates something.

Usage examples:

Techniques intended to monitor foetal health became terminators of the female foetus.

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Someone or something that terminates (= ends) something

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The article described yeltsin as a terminator of the soviet system., certain words and characters a…