Killing and Rough

Killing

Killing adjective - Requiring much time, effort, or careful attention.
Usage example: a killing schedule that requires the touring company to play in a different city every night

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

Nearby Words: kill, killed, killer

Rough

Rough adjective - Covered with or as if with hair.

Killing and rough are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Killing" instead an adjective "Rough".

How words are described

little little killing little rough

Both words in one sentence

  • Cement Shoes Any Roman found guilty of killing their father would be sewn into a sack with a cockerel and a snake and thrown into the Tiber, which was a bit rough on the animals.
    Source: Cement Shoes
  • Simple Staff Used in everything from rough-housing to driving cattle to killing pests to waterfowl hunting (there are throwing moves you don't use in moderated fights).
    Source: Simple Staff
  • Video Game / Wasteland 2 They are using it to uphold peace (or as close to it as their religion allows) in the region - if someone wants to play rough, they'll detonate it, killing everyone and everything for kilometers.
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