slaying
English Thesaurus
1. unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being (noun.act)
hypernym | : | homicide, |
definition | : | the killing of a human being by another human being (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | assassination, |
definition | : | murder of a public figure by surprise attack (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | bloodshed, gore, |
definition | : | the shedding of blood resulting in murder (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | contract killing, |
definition | : | a murder carried out on agreement with a hired killer (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | parricide, |
definition | : | the murder of your own father or mother (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | mariticide, |
definition | : | the murder of a husband by his wife (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | fratricide, |
definition | : | the murder of your sibling (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | uxoricide, |
definition | : | the murder of a wife by her husband (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | filicide, |
definition | : | the murder of your own son or daughter (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | lynching, |
definition | : | putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | regicide, |
definition | : | the act of killing a king (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | dry-gulching, |
definition | : | the act of killing from ambush (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | hit, |
definition | : | a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | infanticide, |
definition | : | murdering an infant (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | shoot-down, |
definition | : | murder by shooting someone down in cold blood (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | tyrannicide, |
definition | : | killing a tyrant (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | thuggee, |
definition | : | murder and robbery by thugs (noun.act) |
derivation | : | execute, |
definition | : | murder in a planned fashion (verb.social) |
derivation | : | homicidal, murderous, |
definition | : | characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being (adj.all) |
derivation | : | execute, |
definition | : | murder in a planned fashion (verb.social) |
derivation | : | homicidal, murderous, |
definition | : | characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being (adj.all) |
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