Phrase Hound found 46 phrases and 17 compound words that contain killers. The most common are listed below. Open killers in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 46
- serial killersplural of serial killer: An individual who murders three or more people, with the killings taking place over a period of more than one month in three or more separate events.
- pain killersplural of pain killer: A drug that numbs the pain in the body.
- category killersplural of category killer: A retailer that offers a wider selection of merchandise in a category than existing retailers, at lower prices, thereby gaining substantial share of the market and "killing" the existing retailers.
- Christ-killersplural of Christ-killer: A Jew.
- contract killersplural of contract killer: A person who contracts to kill a specified person for an agreed sum of money.
- cowboy killersplural of cowboy killer: A cigarette.
- fly killersplural of fly killer: A small toy pellet gun.
- giant-killersplural of giant-killer: Someone or something, especially a sports team, that defeats a larger and superior opponent.
- lady killersplural of lady killer: A man unusually attractive to women.
- mercy killersplural of mercy killer: A person who commits a mercy killing.
- passion killersplural of passion killer: Something that is sexually off-putting; something that kills someone's sexual mood.
- time killersplural of time killer: An activity which unproductively consumes a large amount of time; a distraction.
- spree killersplural of spree killer: A murderer who kills two or more victims in a short time in multiple locations.
- cicada killersplural of cicada killer: Sphecius speciosus, a large digger wasp that hunts cicadas.
- baby-killersplural of baby-killer: An abortionist (all senses).
- city killersplural of city killer: An asteroid that could destroy a whole city on impact with Earth.
- coach killersplural of coach killer: A particularly frustrating, usually simple mistake made by a player.
- color killersplural of color killer: An electronic stage in a television set that cuts off the color amplifiers when a monochrome signal is received.
- colour killersplural of colour killer: An electronic stage in a television set that cuts off the color amplifiers when a monochrome signal is received.
- cop killersplural of cop killer: A person who deliberately kills an on-duty police officer.
- cow killersplural of cow killer: Any of several species of velvet ant in the family Mutillidae, which are known for their painful stings.
- deal killersplural of deal killer: An issue which causes a relationship or proposal, especially in business, to fail.
- desk killersplural of desk killer: A bureaucrat, etc. who indirectly assists in genocide or other killing by performing clerical tasks.
- doctor killersplural of doctor killer: A personal light aircraft attributed to a large number of serious accidents or fatal crashes.
- fool killersplural of fool killer: Synonym of widow-maker (“dangerous broken tree limb”).
Compound words 17
- painkillersplural of painkiller: A drug that numbs the pain in the body.
- ladykillersplural of ladykiller: A man unusually attractive to women.
- babykillersplural of babykiller: An abortionist (all senses).
- buzzkillersplural of buzzkiller: Something that or someone who spoils an otherwise enjoyable event.
- Christkillersplural of Christkiller: A Jew.
- deskillersplural of deskiller: One who deskills.
- giantkillersplural of giantkiller: One who slays a giant.
- godkillersplural of godkiller: A person, weapon, etc., who or which kills a god.
- joykillersplural of joykiller: killjoy (Someone or something that hinders fun.)
- mankillersplural of mankiller: One who kills a human being.