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kill
verb as in deprive of existence; destroy
Strongest matches
assassinate, drown, execute, get, hit, massacre, murder, poison, slaughter, slay, wipe out
Strong matches
annihilate, asphyxiate, crucify, dispatch, dump, electrocute, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extirpate, finish, garrote, guillotine, hang, immolate, liquidate, lynch, neutralize, obliterate, off, sacrifice, smother, snuff, strangle, suffocate, waste, zap
Weak matches
do away with, do in, polish off, put away, put to death, rub out
Example Sentences
Mr Khan, of no fixed abode, has denied making a threat to kill.
On paper, a world where one kills to work sounds like a dismal dystopian thriller.
As well as cases where an abuser has killed their partner or ex-partner, reviews could be carried out into instances where an abused person has killed their abusive partner or ex-partner.
We later learnt of the scale of the Hamas-led attack: 1,200 people had been killed and 251 others taken back to Gaza as hostages.
Animal welfare campaigners have expressed outrage at Marineland's conduct and the possibility the whales could be killed.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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