take a life

assassinate behead butcher decapitate destroy execute exterminate lynch massacre shoot slaughter slay strangle

abolish asphyxiate chill cool defeat dispatch drub electrocute eliminate eradicate extinguish finish garotte guillotine hang hit knife liquidate mangle mar misuse off ruin smother snuff spoil thrash waste

blot out bump off do in knock off put away rub out take for a ride take out

bear create give birth

heal help preserve save

guard protect