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PRONUNCIATION OF KILLING FIELDS

killing fields  [ˈkɪlɪŋ fiːldz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KILLING FIELDS

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Killing fields is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES KILLING FIELDS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of killing fields in the English dictionary

The definition of killing fields in the dictionary is a place where a lot of people have died, usually as a result of war or civil unrest.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KILLING FIELDS


Cotswolds
ˈkɒtsˌwəʊldz
Fields
fiːldz
Reynolds
ˈrɛnəldz
Shields
ʃiːldz
wilds
waɪldz
Wolds
wəʊldz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KILLING FIELDS

killdeer
killer
killer app
killer application
killer bee
killer blow
killer cell
killer instinct
killer T-cell
killer whale
killick
Killiecrankie
killifish
killikinick
killing
killing spree
killingly
killjoy
killock
killogie

WORDS THAT END LIKE KILLING FIELDS

Beds
boards
bounds
cards
City and Guilds
classifieds
Elysian fields
ends
funds
goods
hands
harigalds
heads
hundreds
in the clouds
Kolar Gold Fields
South Shields
the best of both worlds
the Wolds
vocal folds

Synonyms and antonyms of killing fields in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «killing fields» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KILLING FIELDS

Find out the translation of killing fields to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of killing fields from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «killing fields» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

杀戮场
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

campos de la muerte
570 millions of speakers

English

killing fields
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खेतों की हत्या
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حقول القتل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

поля смерти
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

killing fields
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মৃত্যুপুরী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

champs de la mort
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Membunuh medan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schlachtfelder
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

キリング·フィールド
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

필드를 죽이고
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyababaken lapangan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cánh đồng chết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொல்லும் துறைகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्राणघातक शेती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Öldürme alanları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

campi di sterminio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zabijanie pola
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поля смерті
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Killing Fields
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκοτώνοντας πεδία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

slagvelde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dödande fält
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Killing Fields
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of killing fields

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KILLING FIELDS»

The term «killing fields» is regularly used and occupies the 68.008 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KILLING FIELDS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about killing fields

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KILLING FIELDS»

Discover the use of killing fields in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to killing fields and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Survival in the Killing Fields
An eyewitness account of the real killing fields by an extraordinary survivor, this book is a reminder of the horrors of war - and a testament to the enduring human spirit.
Haing Ngor, 2012
2
Alive in the Killing Fields: Surviving the Khmer Rouge Genocide
The gripping story of a young boy who survived the atrocities in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge and escaped to the United States.
Nawuth Keat, 2009
3
Children of Cambodia's Killing Fields: Memoirs by Survivors
More than two dozen accounts of the Khmer Rouge's reign of terror have been compiled by Dith Pran. The brutality is almost mesmerizing, demonstrating the universally horrid existence of those children's lives.
Kim DePaul, 1999
4
Hitler's Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields
A history of German women in the Holocaust reveals their roles as plunderers, witnesses, and actual executioners on the Eastern front, describing how nurses, teachers, secretaries, and wives responded to what they believed to be Nazi ...
Wendy Lower, 2013
5
Beyond the Killing Fields: War Writings
An anthology of war reporting and commentary by the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist includes articles covering the Vietnam War, Cambodia, and the Iraq War.
Sydney Hillel Schanberg, Robert Miraldi, 2010
6
After the Killing Fields: Lessons from the Cambodian Genocide
The story of the 25 year effort to bring to justice the architects of the Cambodian genocide, this study explains why those who orchestrated the murder of 2.2 million people continue to escape responsibility.
Craig Etcheson, 2005
7
The Killing Fields of Inequality
The killing fields of inequality can be avoided: this book shows how. Clear, succinct, wide-ranging in scope and empirical in its approach, this timely book by one of the world’s leading social scientists will appeal to a wide readership.
Göran Therborn, 2014
8
Killing Fields
In the year 2030, an elite military group called the Peacekeepers imposes peace with their technologically superior military might, and they must stop the exiled Boers from attacking black-ruled South Africa. Original.
Michael Kasner, 1993
9
Beyond the Killing Fields: Voices of Nine Cambodian ...
This book documents the Cambodian refugee experience through powerful first-person narratives of men, women, and children who survived the holocaust and have begun new lives in America.
Usha Welaratna, 1994
10
Behind the Killing Fields: A Khmer Rouge Leader and One of ...
Coauthor Sambath Thet, a Khmer Rouge survivor, shares his personal perspectives on the murderous regime and how some victims have managed to rebuild their lives. The stories of Nuon Chea and Sambath Thet collide when the two meet.
Gina Chon, Sambath Thet, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KILLING FIELDS»

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Sunday, July 26 - World - NZ Herald News
... of up to 16,000 people " the first verdict involving a senior member of the "killing fields" regime that devastated a generation of Cambodians. «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
2
How global media missed the real Greece Lightning - TOI Blogs
Our internal problems are indeed monumental (for starters, how about aggressively tackling the killing fields of Vyapam?). We hurtle from one ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
3
Escape from Asia's Holocaust | Washington Free Beacon
... Killing Fields—all mass-murder on a scale only discovered long after the fact—these horrors have been hidden from the world's prying eyes. «Washington Free Beacon, Jul 15»
4
Film shot in 1980s Phnom Penh gives glimpse of city under KR, Post …
But unlike The Killing Fields, which was shot in Thailand, Nine Circles of Hell was filmed entirely in Cambodia. Phnom Penh neighbourhoods ... «The Phnom Penh Post, Jul 15»
5
Yukk! Keep me away from Yuccies, pur-leaze - The Irish Times
It feasted as a marketing virus on those who were once known as hipsters – last seen in Dublin in the killing fields of South William Street. «Irish Times, Jul 15»
6
Bosnian Serbs must say the word | The London Free Press
“On July 11, while the eyes of the whole world are on the killing fields near Srebrenica, we want to send a different picture from Belgrade,” he ... «London Free Press, Jul 15»
7
TN Group Calls For "Gun Free Zones" REMOVED - Murfreesboro …
... government infringements on their right to carry firearms for self-defense, must be needlessly slaughtered before these killing fields that some ... «Wgnsradio, Jul 15»
8
Book excerpt: 'Between the World and Me' by Ta-Nehisi Coates …
They are an elegant act of racism, killing fields authored by federal policies, where we are, all again, plundered of our dignity, of our families, ... «Newsday, Jul 15»
9
'The Look of Silence' exposes Indonesia's present-day legacy of …
... I was struck by his facility with language and his artistic vision, even while talking about the killing fields of memories that his film exposes. «National Catholic Reporter, Jul 15»
10
Grant Thornton CEO Greg Keith set to slum it for a good cause | The …
On Sunday they will visit the Killing Fields, on the outskirts of the capital, before starting work on Monday helping to build 10 houses with local ... «The Australian, Jul 15»

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