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noun

a highly innovative, very powerful, or extremely useful computer application; esp one sufficiently important as to justify purchase of the equipment or software

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How to use killer application in a sentence

Barry showed me his room—a one bedroom with a killer view of Riverbank State Park and the Hudson.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside|Justin Rohrlich|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The would-be pope killer loves to be in front of the cameras, and the press in Italy is happy to oblige.
Pope-Shooter Ali Agca’s Very Weird Vatican Visit|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
By Jerome Groopman, New Yorker Researchers get closer to outwitting a killer.
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Dec 22-28, 2014|William Boot|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They waved down a pair of responding cops who followed the alleged cop killer into the subway.
Alleged Cop Killer Ismaaiyl Brinsley Had a Death Wish|M.L. Nestel|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“Defendant moved his hands in a manner so as to avoid the application of handcuffs to his wrists,” the complaint says.
Protesters Slimed This Good Samaritan Cop|Michael Daly|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This system had been in full operation in both districts prior to the general application of the voluntary system.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
This demand was made with scornful seriousness; with a ruthless application to the feelings of a son.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
It is true that such application is not so high or grand as when they govern ideas, but it is equally genuine.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
Modified and amended as their system is in its practical application, it still largely conditions our outlook to-day.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
Application of gentle heat or appropriate chemicals will serve to differentiate them.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd