Real-life examples: John Wilkes Booth was Abraham Lincoln’s killer. Jack the Ripper was an infamous killer. Bacteria and viruses often act as natural killers. People use weed killers on their lawns.
Used in a sentence: My cat is a very effective killer of birds.

In slang, killer is used to describe something as causing stress, exhaustion, pain, or misery.\n

Real-life examples: You might call a particularly hard test a killer test. A killer workout would push your body to the limits of its abilities.
Used in a sentence: That history assignment turned out to be a killer and took me forever to finish.

In slang, killer is also used to describe something as severe, intense, or powerful.\n

Real-world examples: You might call a baseball game that goes into extra innings with a 2–2 score, a killer game. If you come down with a severe cold that keeps you in bed for several days, you could call it a killer cold.
Used in a sentence: After living abroad for five years, Michelle came down with a killer case of homesickness.

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