Killing, Killings, or The Killing may refer to:

Types of killing

*-cide, a suffix that refers to types of killing (see

List of types of killing In the English language, terms for types of killing often end in the suffix ''-cide''. Killing of self * Suicide, intentionally causing one's own death ** Altruistic suicide, suicide for the benefit of others ** Autocide, suicide by automobile ** ...

), such as: **

Homicide Homicide occurs when a person kills another person. A homicide requires only a volitional act or omission that causes the death of another, and thus a homicide may result from accidental, reckless, or negligent acts even if there is no inten ...

, one human killing another ***

Murder Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification (jurisprudence), justification or valid excuse (legal), excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. ("The killing of another person wit ...

, unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse *

Animal slaughter Animal slaughter is the killing of animals, usually referring to killing domestic livestock. It is estimated that each year 80 billion land animals are slaughtered for food. Most animals are slaughtered for food; however, they may also be slau ...

, the killing of animals

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''Killing'' (film), a 2018 Japanese film * ''The Killing'' (film), a 1956 film noir directed by Stanley Kubrick

Television

* ''The Killing'' (Danish TV series), a police procedural drama first broadcast in 2007 * ''The Killing'' (American TV series), a crime drama based on the Danish television series, first broadcast in 2011

Literature

* ''Killing'' (comics), Italian photo comic series about a vicious vigilante-criminal * ''Killing'', a series of historical nonfiction books by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard * "Killings" (short story), a short story by Andre Dubus * ''The Killing'' (novel), a CHERUB series installment by Robert Muchamore * ''The Killing'', a 2012 novelization of the Danish TV series by

David Hewson David Hewson (born 9 January 1953) is a contemporary British author of mystery novels. His series of mysteries, featuring police officers In Rome, led by the young detective and art lover Nic Costa, began with ''A Season for the Dead'', has n ...

Music

* "Killing", a song on the album '' Echoes'' by The Rapture * "Killing", a song from an

untitled Korn album The untitled eighth studio album by American nu metal band Korn, often unofficially referred to as ''Korn II'', was released on July 31, 2007, by Virgin Records. It is the band's only studio release without an official drummer, released between t ...

released in 2007 * ''The Killing'', an EP by

Hatesphere Hatesphere is a Danish thrash metal band from Aarhus, formed in 2000 by guitarist Peter "Pepe" Hansen. As of 2016, the band consists of vocalist Esben "Esse" Elnegaard Kjaer Hansen, guitarists Peter "Pepe" Lyse Hansen, and Kasper Kirkegaard, ba ...

Mathematics

* Several concepts named after

Wilhelm Killing Wilhelm Karl Joseph Killing (10 May 1847 – 11 February 1923) was a German mathematician who made important contributions to the theories of Lie algebras, Lie groups, and non-Euclidean geometry. Life Killing studied at the University of Mü ...

: **

Killing tensor In mathematics, a Killing tensor or Killing tensor field is a generalization of a Killing vector, for symmetric tensor fields instead of just vector fields. It is a concept in pseudo-Riemannian geometry, and is mainly used in the theory of general ...

, a generalization of a Killing vector field **

Killing vector field In mathematics, a Killing vector field (often called a Killing field), named after Wilhelm Killing, is a vector field on a Riemannian manifold (or pseudo-Riemannian manifold) that preserves the metric. Killing fields are the infinitesimal gene ...

or Killing field, a vector field on a Riemannian manifold ** The

Killing form In mathematics, the Killing form, named after Wilhelm Killing, is a symmetric bilinear form that plays a basic role in the theories of Lie groups and Lie algebras. Cartan's criteria (criterion of solvability and criterion of semisimplicity) show ...

, a symmetric bilinear form on a finite-dimensional Lie algebra

People with the name

Killing (surname) Killing is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alison Killing, British architect and urban designer * Laure Killing (1959–2019), French actress *Wesley Killing (born 1993), Canadian pair skater *Wilhelm Killing (1847–1923), Ge ...

Killings (surname) Killings is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Cedric Killings (born 1977), American football player *Debra Killings (born 1966), American singer and bass guitarist * D. J. Killings (born 1995), American football player *Ron Kill ...

Claus Killing-Günkel Claus Killing-Günkel (born Günkel; 9 October 1963), in Esperanto also known as Nikolao Günkel, is a German teacher and interlinguistics, interlinguist. Life Claus J. Killing-Günkel was born Claus J. Günkel in Eschweiler, a city in wester ...

(born 1963), German interlinguist