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killing

act of causing death
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Summary

killing ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (132 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • killing is a type of action[2].
  • killing is a type of violence[3].
  • killing is a type of cause of death[4].
  • killing is a type of manner of death[5].
  • killing's Commons category is recorded as Killing[6].
  • killing is the opposite of non-killing[7].
  • killing's equivalent class is recorded as http://www.hozo.jp/owl/YAMATO20210808.miz.owl#kill[8].
  • killing's different from is recorded as homicide[9].
  • killing's different from is recorded as murder[10].
  • killing's exact match is recorded as https://valpal.info/parameters/kill[11].
  • killing's practiced by is recorded as killer[12].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include action[2], violence[3], cause of death[4], and manner of death[5]. killing is the opposite of non-killing[7].

Why It Matters

killing ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (132 views/month).[1] killing is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Al-Amin Azarmidokht Hosni Mubarak Jamal Khashoggi Zumbi

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.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 4w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://www.hozo.jp/owl/YAMATO20210808.miz.owl#kill
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||yue, zh */ import labels from sitelinks"
  2. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partially coincident with → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Partially coincident with: unnatural death"
  3. 8w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gsso id → 006819
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Gsso id: 006819"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → act of causing death
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 23819, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  5. 23w ago · ChiefVortex · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → action, violence, cause of death +1
    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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