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act of causing death
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killing

Summary

killing ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • killing is a type of action[2].
  • killing is a type of cause of death[3].
  • killing is a type of manner of death[4].
  • killing's Commons category is recorded as Killing[5].
  • killing is the opposite of non-killing[6].
  • killing's partially coincident with is recorded as unnatural death[7].
  • killing's different from is recorded as homicide[8].
  • killing's different from is recorded as murder[9].
  • killing's exact match is recorded as https://valpal.info/parameters/kill[10].
  • killing's practiced by is recorded as killer[11].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include action[2], cause of death[3], and manner of death[4]. killing is the opposite of non-killing[6].

Why It Matters

killing ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4 views/month).[1] killing is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). killing. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/killing
MLA “killing.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/killing.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_killing_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{killing}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/killing}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → act of causing death
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 23819, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  2. 22d ago · ChiefVortex · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → action, cause of death, manner of death
    Aliases → —
    Opposite of → non-killing
    Different from → homicide, murder
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q139674628 */"
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