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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | killing |
| Synonyms: | assassination, big chill, bloodshed, bump-off, butchery, carnage, crime, death, erase*, foul play, hit, manslaughter, murder, offing, ride, rubout, slaying |
| Notes: | the general term for the killing of a person by another is homicide; murder is either the intentional killing or malicious killing of another; manslaughter is the unintentional, accidental killing of another through carelessness |
| Antonyms: | birth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | killing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | murder |
| Synonyms: | assassination, bloodshed, bumping off, capital punishment, carnage, execution, extermination, homicide, manslaughter, massacre, slaughter, slaying |
| Main Entry: | manslaughter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | killing without malicious forethought |
| Synonyms: | crime, foul play, hit*, homicide, killing, murder |
| Notes: | the general term for the killing of a person by another is homicide; murder is either the intentional killing or malicious killing of another; manslaughter is the unintentional, accidental killing of another through carelessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | murder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | killing |
| Synonyms: | annihilation, assassination, blood, bloodshed, butchery, carnage, crime, death, destruction, dispatching, felony, foul play, hit*, homicide, knifing, liquidation, lynching, manslaughter, massacre, off*, offing, one-way ticket, rub out, shooting, slaying, taking out, terrorism, the business, the works |
| Notes: | the general term for the killing of a person by another is homicide; murder is either the intentional killing or malicious killing of another; manslaughter is the unintentional, accidental killing of another through carelessness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | murderer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who kills |
| Synonyms: | assassin, butcher, criminal, cutthroat, enforcer, executioner, hit person, hit-and-run, homicide, killer, manslaughterer, perpetrator, slaughterer, slayer, soldier, trigger person |
| Main Entry: | manslayer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | murderer |
| Synonyms: | assassin, butcher, criminal, cutthroat, enforcer, executioner, hit person, hit-and-run, homicide, killer, manslaughterer, massacrer, murderess, perpetrator, slaughterer, slayer, soldier, trigger person, triggerman |
| Main Entry: | massacrer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | murderer |
| Synonyms: | assassin, butcher, criminal, cutthroat, enforcer, executioner, hit person, hit-and-run, homicide, killer, manslaughterer, manslayer, murderess, perpetrator, slaughterer, slayer, soldier, trigger person, triggerman |
| Main Entry: | murderess |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | murderer |
| Synonyms: | assassin, butcher, criminal, cutthroat, enforcer, executioner, hit person, hit-and-run, homicide, killer, manslaughterer, manslayer, massacrer, perpetrator, slaughterer, slayer, soldier, trigger person, triggerman |
| Main Entry: | slaughterer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | murderer |
| Synonyms: | assassin, butcher, criminal, cutthroat, enforcer, executioner, hit person, hit-and-run, homicide, killer, manslaughterer, manslayer, massacrer, murderess, perpetrator, slayer, soldier, trigger person, triggerman |
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