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painkilling

painkilling adjective: reducing or eliminating pain.

Adjective

painkilling (not comparable)

  1. Reducing or eliminating pain.
    • The doctor prescribed a painkilling medication.

Synonyms of painkilling

Origin of painkilling

From pain + killing.

Questions about painkilling

What does painkilling mean?
Painkilling means reducing or eliminating pain.
What part of speech is painkilling?
Painkilling is an adjective.

Words near painkilling in the dictionary

  1. painite
  2. painiu
  3. painjan
  4. painkiller
  5. painkillers
  6. painkilling
  7. painless
  8. painlessly
  9. painlessness
  10. painlike
  11. painmaker

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