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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)
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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)
kill, murderer
  1. There’s a killer on the loose.
    My cat is a habitual bird killer.
    Carbon monoxide is a silent killer.
  2. That which causes stress or is extremely difficult, especially that which may cause failure at a task.
    That test was a killer.
    The final hill in the race course was a killer.
  3. Something that is so far ahead of its competition that it effectively kills off that competition.
    Various means had were used to steer aircraft in the early years but ailerons were the killer.


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