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killworthy

killworthy adjective: worthy of being killed; killable.

Adjective

killworthy (comparative more killworthy, superlative most killworthy)

  1. Worthy of being killed; killable.
    • In passing may I remind you that this serene world of ours is entirely indebted to the holy Christian fathers for everything that makes firearms killworthy in the high art of mass murder.1945, Harper's Magazine, volume 190, page 252
    • According to the later sworn testimony of Admiral Thomas Moorer the Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1970 the military viewed such defectors as kill-worthy spores who were helping the enemy …2000, America: A History in Verse - Volume 3 - Page 374

Forms of killworthy

comparativemore killworthy
superlativemost killworthy
alternative formkill-worthy

Origin of killworthy

From kill + -worthy.

Questions about killworthy

What does killworthy mean?
Killworthy means worthy of being killed; killable.
What part of speech is killworthy?
Killworthy is an adjective.

Words near killworthy in the dictionary

  1. Killumney
  2. Killurin
  3. killut
  4. killuts
  5. killwort
  6. killworthy
  7. killy
  8. Killybegs
  9. Killygordon
  10. killzone
  11. killzones

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