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kill
verb as in deprive of existence; destroy
Strongest matches
assassinate, drown, execute, get, hit, massacre, murder, poison, slaughter, slay, wipe out
Strong matches
annihilate, asphyxiate, crucify, dispatch, dump, electrocute, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extirpate, finish, garrote, guillotine, hang, immolate, liquidate, lynch, neutralize, obliterate, off, sacrifice, smother, snuff, strangle, suffocate, waste, zap
Weak matches
do away with, do in, polish off, put away, put to death, rub out
Example Sentences
The father of a 25-year-old man killed after being hit on a pedestrian crossing by a speeding car has urged drivers to "pay more attention".
Tropical Storm Fengshen killed a family of five Sunday as it ploughed across the Philippines' main island Luzon, police and disaster officials said.
Washington says its operations have dealt a decisive blow to drug trafficking, but it has provided no evidence that the people killed -- at least 27 so far -- were drug smugglers.
Some cities had seen spates of violence and acts of vandalism, while authorities have said three people were killed by police acting in "self-defence" during clashes in a village near Agadir.
Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to an "immediate" truce at Doha-mediated talks, Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Sunday, after at least 10 people were killed in Pakistani airstrikes following an earlier truce.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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