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thrill killing

thrill killing is the alternative form of thrill kill.

Meaning of thrill kill

Noun

thrill kill (plural thrill kills)

  1. (idiomatic) An act of murder motivated solely by the murderer's desire to have a very exciting experience.
    • "It was a thrill kill. Robbery was an afterthought. This is one of the most senseless murders we've had down there in years."1988 March 9, Sheridan R. Hansen, “Police arrest 2 Utah Count teenagers for questioning in Las Vegas shooting”, in Deseret News, retrieved 17 May 2013, page B3
  2. (attributive, usually hyphenated) Of, pertaining to, or being such an act of murder.
    • We all know that plenty of kids took to Route 66 after reading “On the Road,” but few juveniles committed thrill-kill murders after paging through “Crime and Punishment.”2007 September 23, David Bowman, “Torchlit Crit”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of thrill killing

pluralthrill killings

Questions about thrill killing

What is thrill killing the alternative form of?
Thrill killing is the alternative form of thrill kill.

Words near thrill killing in the dictionary

  1. thriftyness
  2. thrill
  3. thrill kill
  4. thrill killer
  5. thrill killers
  6. thrill killing
  7. thrill killings
  8. thrill kills
  9. thrill of the hunt
  10. thrill ride
  11. thrill rides

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