how to pronounce killed

/ˈkɪld/

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killed is pronounced in one syllable

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kɪld

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An example use of killed in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… improve though I think I killed a few of …”

meanings of killed

verb:

  1. Simple past tense and past participle of kill.

adjective:

  1. Deoxidized.

killed frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word killed occurs in english on average 69.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

words with pronunciation similar to killed

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