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noun
The act of terminating a life.
synonyms: kill, killing.
is a specific kind of: conclusion, ending, termination.
is a broader term that covers: coup de grace, deathblow | death | euthanasia, mercy killing | homicide | despatch, dispatch | fell | self-annihilation, self-destruction, suicide | slaughter | poisoning | asphyxiation, suffocation | ritual killing, sacrifice | electrocution | beheading, decapitation | genocide, race murder, racial extermination ... show more.
derivation: kill | kill | kill | kill.
Dutch: doding, mortificatiePolish: zabicie
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