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one-way ticket

NOUN
murder
Synonyms
STRONGEST
assassination bloodshed crime destruction felony homicide lynching manslaughter massacre shooting slaying terrorism
STRONG
annihilation blood butchery carnage death dispatching hit knifing liquidation off offing
WEAK
bump-off foul play rubout the business the works

Example Sentences

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Personal discontent is a one-way ticket to intellectual automation.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

When I first flew on a one-way ticket to Chiang Mai, Thailand, in 1993, I arrived with no job, no contacts and no Thai beyond a few phrases acquired from a military language instruction cassette.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

On Saturday evening, the Algerian national went to the Paris-Charles de Gaulle international airport with a one-way ticket to Algeria.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Teoscar Hernández is a hack in right field, Michael Conforto needs a one-way ticket to the waiver wire and the Dodgers are a better team with Mookie Betts in right field.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2025

“I’d like a one-way ticket to Hattiesburg, please,” I said and placed a ten-dollar bill on the counter.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin