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Killed in a sentence
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Killed meaning
simple past and past participle of kill
Example sentences (20)
Al-Shabaab had claimed to have killed two police officers, while the Kenyan security said two militants were killed.
Compared to the number killed by police, many more African Americans are killed by individuals of their own race.
Of these sheep and lambs killed in Colorado, less than 100 sheep and less than 100 lambs were killed by wolves.
Similarly, Sky News that one attendee was killed from a shot while the shooter was also killed by authorities.
Another woman was tragically killed in Lviv after falling debris smashed through her car and killed her almost instantly.
Four of those killed were using seat belts, and seat-belt usage is unknown for two of the individuals killed.
I have often claimed that more than half of the israeli civilians killed on Oct 7th, were killed by the IDF.
The official death toll is 179 - with all 175 passengers killed, four crew killed, and two crew rescued.
The literal answer to the question of who killed Harlan Thrombey is that he killed himself, cutting his own throat with a knife.
When asked when she learned her brother killed Lee, she responded, "My brother has not killed Bob Lee.
Feedback on “Over 50 people killed in stampede at funeral procession of Iranian general killed by US”.
Belgrade also claims at least one of the killed insurgents was executed after he was injured, rather than killed in the fighting.
Two days earlier 59-year-old John Patrick Snowling entered the bar and killed 3 people and injured 6 before being killed by police.
It killed folks left and right, every age group, every social station, and it killed them ugly.
Hakim said "a few civilians were killed and injured" in the second strike as they gathered the remains of those killed in the first attack.
For every Jewish Israeli killed by a Palestinian pre October 7th there have been 12 Palestinians killed bybtte IDF and their settlers allies.
And when JT's letters surfaced, Clay killed Piney because of them and almost killed Tara.
He was killed neither by Man or animal; was killed at dusk which was neither night nor day; and was throttled when he was raised off the ground.
And most people thought John Ramsey killed his own daughter, maybe molested his daughter and killed her," Carol McKinley said in the documentary.
According to the Houthi-controlled Saba news agency, three people were killed at Sanaa airport, while three more were killed in Hudaydah province.
Phrases with killed
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Common combinations with killed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- killed in 103×
- were killed 58×
- killed by 54×
- was killed 51×
- been killed 33×
- and killed 25×
- killed and 16×
- that killed 13×
- be killed 12×
- people killed 11×
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