Harrowing and Killing

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Harrowing adjective - Hard to accept or bear especially emotionally.

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Killing and harrowing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Killing" instead an adjective "Harrowing".

Nearby Words: harrow, harrowed

Killing adjective - Causing or intended to cause laughter.

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Harrowing and killing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Harrowing" instead an adjective "Killing".

Nearby Words: kill, killed, killer

After killing most of her family and friends at her brother's wedding, she flees to a church to become a nun, kills everyone in the church and then lives the harrowing life of an illegal immigrant trying to get to America and the one scientist she thinks can cure her.

Source: Butt Monkey / Live-Action TV
The real kicker is that the ominous pounding that prompted their giving up draws closer and is revealed to be the Big Damn Heroes clearing out the mist and killing the monsters, making for a harrowing Shoot the Shaggy Dog ending.

Source: Pater Familicide

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