Thesaurus:killing
English
editNoun
editSense: causing a life to end
editSynonyms
editHyponyms
edit- devitalization [⇒ thesaurus]
- murder
- slaughter
- homicide
- manslaughter
- assassination
- —
- infanticide
- parricide
- filicide
- familicide
- fratricide
- sororicide
- patricide
- matricide
- uxoricide
- regicide
- tsaricide
- deicide
- monstricide
- —
- massacre
- butchery
- carnage
- bloodbath
- bloodshed
- —
- execution
- crucifixion
- beheading
- decapitation
- electrocution
- hanging
- lapidation
- lethal injection
- stoning
- —
- self-murder
- self-slaughter
- suicide
- kamikaze
- seppuku
- hara-kiri
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “killing” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “killing” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.