Nimrod
noun
1 Nimrod
Old Testament A famous hunter.
Roget 361:
killing
etc.
v.;
homicide,
manslaughter,
murder,
assassination,
trucidation†,
iccusion†;
effusion of blood;
blood,
blood shed;
gore,
slaughter,
carnage,
butchery;
battue†.
massacre;
fusillade,
noyade†;
thuggery,
Thuggism†.
deathblow,
finishing stroke,
coup de grace,
quietus;
execution
etc.
(capital punishment)
972;
judicial murder;
martyrdom.
butcher,
slayer,
murderer,
Cain,
assassin,
terrorist,
cutthroat,
garroter,
bravo,
Thug,
Moloch,
matador,
sabreur†;
guet-a-pens;
gallows,
executioner
etc.
(punishment)
975;
man-eater,
apache†,
hatchet man [U.S.],
highbinder [U.S.].
regicide,
parricide,
matricide,
fratricide,
infanticide,
feticide,
foeticide†,
uxoricide†,
vaticide†.
suicide,
felo de se†,
hara-kiri,
suttee,
Juggernath†;
immolation,
auto da fe,
holocaust.
suffocation,
strangulation,
garrote;
hanging
etc.
v.;
lapidation†.
deadly weapon
etc.
(arms)
727;
Aceldama†.
[Destruction of animals]
slaughtering;
phthisozoics†;
sport,
sporting;
the chase,
venery;
hunting,
coursing,
shooting,
fishing;
pig-sticking;
sportsman,
huntsman,
fisherman;
hunter,
Nimrod;
slaughterhouse,
meat packing plant,
shambles,
abattoir.
fatal accident,
violent death,
casualty.
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Roget 622:
pursuit;
pursuing
etc.
v.;
prosecution;
pursuance;
enterprise
etc.
(undertaking)
676;
business
etc.
625;
adventure
etc.
(essay)
675;
quest
etc.
(search)
461;
scramble,
hue and cry,
game;
hobby;
still-hunt.
chase,
hunt,
battue†,
race,
steeple chase,
hunting,
coursing;
venation,
venery;
fox chase;
sport,
sporting;
shooting,
angling,
fishing,
hawking;
shikar
(Geog loc:India).
pursuer;
hunter,
huntsman;
shikari
(Geog loc:India),
sportsman,
Nimrod;
hound
etc.
366.
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Moby thesaurus: archer, artilleryman, beater, big game hunter, bowman, cannoneer, carabineer, courser, crack shot, dead shot, deadeye, good shot, gun, gunman, gunner, hunter, huntress, huntsman, jacker, jacklighter, marksman, markswoman, musketeer, rifleman, sharpshooter, shikari, shooter, shot, sniper, sportsman, sportswoman, stalker, targetshooter, toxophilite, trapper, trapshooter, white hunter ... show more.
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