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killing someone dead

killing someone dead is the present participle and gerund of kill someone dead.

Meaning of kill someone dead

Verb

kill someone dead (third-person singular simple present kills someone dead, present participle killing someone dead, simple past and past participle killed someone dead)

  1. (US, dialectal) To murder someone and ensure that they are dead.
    • You don't understand, do you Hassan? It's not the Saudis who own all this oil of Ghawar. It's the Americans who own it. And if you try to take it away from them, they will kill you dead like they killed Saddam Hussein dead.2005, George P. Matheos, Mirages of the Rub Al-Khali

Questions about killing someone dead

What is killing someone dead the present participle and gerund of?
Killing someone dead is the present participle and gerund of kill someone dead.

Words near killing someone dead in the dictionary

  1. killing jar
  2. killing jars
  3. killing off
  4. killing one's darlings
  5. killing oneself
  6. killing someone dead
  7. killing spree
  8. killing sprees
  9. killing the fatted calf
  10. killing the goose that lays the golden eggs
  11. killing time

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