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take a life

VERB

murder

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assassinate behead butcher decapitate destroy execute exterminate lynch massacre shoot slaughter slay strangle

STRONG

abolish asphyxiate chill cool defeat dispatch drub electrocute eliminate eradicate extinguish finish garotte guillotine hang hit knife liquidate mangle mar misuse off ruin smother snuff spoil thrash waste

WEAK

blot out bump off do in knock off put away rub out take for a ride take out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bear create give birth

STRONG

heal help preserve save

WEAK

guard protect

Example Sentences

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"There is no reason to take a life to make a pie."

From BBC • May 14, 2026

People may well get enough time to take a life safety action like “Drop, Cover and Hold On” – as long as they are sufficiently far away from the fault itself.

From Scientific American • Feb. 17, 2023

He said laws can’t make people love each other, but they can make it more difficult to take a life.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2022

"We need to start believing that people's lives matter, nobody has the right to take a life," she told WPVI-TV.

From Fox News • Sep. 27, 2021

How could he stop testifying to the risks of texting and driving when someone out there might still do it, and take a life?

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

take a life

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