giant killer
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A giant killer doll and dozens of faceless guards in tracksuits - among other motifs of the deadly games - marched down central Seoul to much fanfare.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025
Some, like the giant killer doll robot from “Red Light, Green Light,” are singular and inimitable.
From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2025
Arkansas was the next giant killer, taking down reigning national champion and West Region No. 1 seed Kansas in the second round.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
“If you had asked me 30 years ago, ‘Can we be confident we won’t be wiped out by a giant killer asteroid a week from next Tuesday?’
From Scientific American ● Mar. 2, 2023
He was according to tradition a man of colossal size, who ruled Cumberland before Saxon times, when “there were giants in the land,” and no giant killer had appeared.
From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
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