killings
SayKIL-ingz/ˈkɪl.ɪŋz/
- 1Plural of killing.
The detective linked the three killings to a single suspect.
Reports of the killings spread quickly through the village.
Note
Only the noun takes this plural. The adjective killing, whether it means deadly, devastatingly attractive or very funny, never adds an -s. In practice killings counts separate deaths: a string of killings, the killings in the village. The money sense usually stays singular, as in the idiom make a killing, so a plural here will almost always be read as deaths rather than profits.
killings is a form of killing
killing, noun: An instance in which someone is killed. Full entry
- Forms
- killingkillings plural
- Spelling
- killing → killings: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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