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slay
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kill |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, assassinate, butcher, cut off, destroy, dispatch, do away with, do in, do*, down*, eliminate, erase, execute, exterminate, finish, hit, knock off, liquidate, massacre, murder, neutralize, put away, rub out, slaughter, snuff, waste* |
| Antonyms: | bear, create, give birth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assassinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | murder prominent or important person |
| Synonyms: | bump off, do in, eliminate, execute, gun down, hit, kill, knock off, liquidate, slaughter, slay |
| Main Entry: | attract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw attention |
| Synonyms: | allure, appeal to, bait, beckon, beguile, bewitch, bring, captivate, charm, come on, court, drag, draw, enchant, endear, engage, enthrall, entice, entrance, exert influence, fascinate, freak out, give the come-on, go over big, grab, hook, induce, interest, intrigue, inveigle, invite, kill, knock dead, knock out, lure, magnetize, make a hit with, mousetrap, pull, rope in, score, seduce, send*, slay, solicit, spellbind, steer, suck in, sweep off one's feet, tempt, turn on, vamp, wile, wow* |
| Antonyms: | repel, repulse |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beguile |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | charm |
| Synonyms: | amuse, attract, cheer, delight, distract, divert, engross, entertain, entice, knock dead, knock out, lure, occupy, seduce, send, slay, solace, sweep off one's feet, tickle, tickle pink, tickle to death, turn on, vamp, wow* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bewitch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | charm |
| Synonyms: | allure, attract, bedevil, beguile, captivate, capture, control, dazzle, draw, enchant, enrapture, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, hex, hypnotize, knock dead, knock out, put horns on, put the whammy on, put under magic spell, send*, slay, spell*, spellbind, sweep off one's feet, take, tickle pink, tickle to death, tickle*, trick, turn on, vamp, voodoo, wile, wow* |
| Antonyms: | disenchant, disgust, turn off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bring down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce or hurt |
| Synonyms: | KO, abase, cut down, damage, drop, fell, floor, injure, knock down, lay low, level, lower, mow down, murder*, overthrow, overturn, prostrate, pull down, shoot down, slay, throw down, tumble, undermine, upset, wound |
| Antonyms: | aid, encourage, help, raise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | carnage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | massacre |
| Synonyms: | annihilation, blitz, blood, blood and guts, blood bath, bloodshed, butchering, butchery, crime, extermination, gore, havoc, hecatomb, holocaust, homicide, killing, liquidation, manslaughter, mass murder, murder, offing, rapine, search and destroy, shambles, slaughter, slaying, taking out, warfare, wasting |
| Main Entry: | charm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enchant |
| Synonyms: | allure, attract, beguile, bewitch, cajole, captivate, delight, draw, enamor, enrapture, ensorcell, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, grab, hex, hypnotize, inveigle, kill*, knock dead, knock out, magnetize, mesmerize, please, possess, put under a spell, send*, slay, spell*, sweep off feet, take*, tickle, tickle pink, transport, turn on, vamp, voodoo, wile, win, win over, wow* |
| Antonyms: | displease, irritate, offend, repel, repulse, turn off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sever, chop with sharp instrument; incise |
| Synonyms: | amputate, behead, bisect, bite, carve, chine, chip, chisel, cleave, clip, crop, curtail, decussate, dice, dispatch, dissect, dissever, divide, facet, fell, flitch, gash, guillotine, hack, hash, hew, intersect, lacerate, lay open, level, lop, massacre, mince, mow, mow down, nick, notch, part, penetrate, perforate, pierce, prune, puncture, quarter, rabbet, raze, reap, rend, rip, rive, saber, saw, scarify, scissor, score, scythe, separate, shave, shear, sickle, skive, slash, slaughter, slay, slice, slit, sliver, snip |
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