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noun
Killing, especially the murder of a human.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
present participle and gerund of slay
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: murder, execution
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: homicide
Narrower terms: assassination, bloodshed, gore, contract killing, parricide, mariticide, fratricide, uxoricide, filicide, elimination, liquidation, slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery, lynching, regicide, dry-gulching, hit, infanticide, shoot-down, tyrannicide, thuggee
History
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Across languages
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