kill
English Thesaurus
1. the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | destruction, devastation, |
| definition | : | the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists (noun.act) |
2. the act of terminating a life (noun.act)
| hyponym | : | death, |
| definition | : | the act of killing (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | euthanasia, mercy killing, |
| definition | : | the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | homicide, |
| definition | : | the killing of a human being by another human being (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | fell, |
| definition | : | the act of felling something (as a tree) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | slaughter, |
| definition | : | the killing of animals (as for food) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | poisoning, |
| definition | : | the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | ritual killing, sacrifice, |
| definition | : | the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | electrocution, |
| definition | : | killing by electric shock (noun.act) |
3. end or extinguish by forceful means (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | end, terminate, |
| definition | : | bring to an end or halt (verb.change) |
4. destroy a vitally essential quality of or in (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | destroy, destruct, |
| definition | : | do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of (verb.creation) |
| verb group | : | kill, |
| definition | : | cause to cease operating (verb.change) |
5. cause to cease operating (verb.change)
| verb group | : | kill, |
| definition | : | destroy a vitally essential quality of or in (verb.change) |
| verb group | : | kill, |
| definition | : | tire out completely (verb.change) |
6. tire out completely (verb.change)
| verb group | : | kill, |
| definition | : | cause to cease operating (verb.change) |
7. mark for deletion, rub off, or erase (verb.change)
8. drink down entirely (verb.consumption)
| hypernym | : | drink, imbibe, |
| definition | : | take in liquids (verb.consumption) |
9. cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly (verb.contact)
| hyponym | : | decimate, |
| definition | : | kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | drown, |
| definition | : | kill by submerging in water (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | erase, wipe out, |
| definition | : | remove from memory or existence (verb.change) |
| hyponym | : | butcher, slaughter, |
| definition | : | kill (animals) usually for food consumption (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | poison, |
| definition | : | kill with poison (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | lapidate, stone, |
| definition | : | kill by throwing stones at (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | poison, |
| definition | : | kill by its poison (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | dispatch, |
| definition | : | kill without delay (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | vaporize, zap, |
| definition | : | kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | sacrifice, |
| definition | : | kill or destroy (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | take off, |
| definition | : | prove fatal (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | tomahawk, |
| definition | : | kill with a tomahawk (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | destroy, put down, |
| definition | : | put (an animal) to death (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | saber, sabre, |
| definition | : | kill with a saber (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | brain, |
| definition | : | kill by smashing someone's skull (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | exterminate, kill off, |
| definition | : | kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | impale, stake, |
| definition | : | kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | dismember, |
| definition | : | separate the limbs from the body (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | martyr, |
| definition | : | kill as a martyr (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | shed blood, |
| definition | : | kill violently (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | assassinate, |
| definition | : | murder; especially of socially prominent persons (verb.social) |
| hyponym | : | execute, put to death, |
| definition | : | kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment (verb.social) |
| hyponym | : | draw, draw and quarter, quarter, |
| definition | : | pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him (verb.social) |
| hyponym | : | lynch, |
| definition | : | kill without legal sanction (verb.social) |
| hyponym | : | pip, shoot, |
| definition | : | kill by firing a missile (verb.social) |
| hyponym | : | electrocute, fry, |
| definition | : | kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair (verb.social) |
| cause | : | buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it, |
| definition | : | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life (verb.change) |
| verb group | : | kill, |
| definition | : | cause the death of, without intention (verb.contact) |
10. cause the death of, without intention (verb.contact)
| hyponym | : | electrocute, |
| definition | : | kill by electric shock (verb.social) |
| verb group | : | kill, |
| definition | : | cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly (verb.contact) |
| verb group | : | kill, |
| definition | : | deprive of life (verb.contact) |
11. deprive of life (verb.contact)
| hyponym | : | strike down, |
| definition | : | cause to die, especially suddenly (verb.contact) |
| verb group | : | kill, |
| definition | : | cause the death of, without intention (verb.contact) |
12. hit with great force (verb.contact)
| hypernym | : | hit, |
| definition | : | cause to move by striking (verb.contact) |
| verb group | : | kill, |
| definition | : | hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games (verb.contact) |
| domain category | : | athletics, sport, |
| definition | : | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition (noun.act) |
13. hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games (verb.contact)
| hypernym | : | hit, |
| definition | : | cause to move by striking (verb.contact) |
| verb group | : | kill, |
| definition | : | hit with great force (verb.contact) |
| domain category | : | athletics, sport, |
| definition | : | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition (noun.act) |
14. overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration (verb.emotion)
15. be the source of great pain for (verb.perception)
| hypernym | : | ache, hurt, suffer, |
| definition | : | feel physical pain (verb.perception) |
16. thwart the passage of (verb.social)
| hypernym | : | blackball, negative, veto, |
| definition | : | vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent (verb.social) |
17. be fatal (verb.stative)
| hypernym | : | be, |
| definition | : | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) (verb.stative) |
18. the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile (noun.act)
| derivation | : | kill, |
| definition | : | cause to cease operating (verb.change) |
19. the act of terminating a life (noun.act)
| derivation | : | kill, |
| definition | : | cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | kill, |
| definition | : | cause the death of, without intention (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | kill, |
| definition | : | deprive of life (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | kill, |
| definition | : | be fatal (verb.stative) |
20. cause to cease operating (verb.change)
| derivation | : | kill, |
| definition | : | the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile (noun.act) |
21. mark for deletion, rub off, or erase (verb.change)
| derivation | : | demolition, destruction, wipeout, |
| definition | : | an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something (noun.event) |
22. cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly (verb.contact)
| also | : | exterminate, kill off, |
| definition | : | kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | killer, slayer, |
| definition | : | someone who causes the death of a person or animal (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | killable, |
| definition | : | fit to kill, especially for food (adj.all) |
23. cause the death of, without intention (verb.contact)
24. deprive of life (verb.contact)
25. be the source of great pain for (verb.perception)
| derivation | : | killer, |
| definition | : | a difficulty that is hard to deal with (noun.cognition) |
26. thwart the passage of (verb.social)
| derivation | : | defeat, licking, |
| definition | : | an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest (noun.event) |
27. be fatal (verb.stative)
28. the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile (noun.act)
| derivation | : | kill, |
| definition | : | cause to cease operating (verb.change) |
29. the act of terminating a life (noun.act)
| derivation | : | kill, |
| definition | : | cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | kill, |
| definition | : | cause the death of, without intention (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | kill, |
| definition | : | deprive of life (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | kill, |
| definition | : | be fatal (verb.stative) |
30. cause to cease operating (verb.change)
| derivation | : | kill, |
| definition | : | the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile (noun.act) |
31. mark for deletion, rub off, or erase (verb.change)
| derivation | : | demolition, destruction, wipeout, |
| definition | : | an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something (noun.event) |
32. cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly (verb.contact)
| also | : | exterminate, kill off, |
| definition | : | kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | killer, slayer, |
| definition | : | someone who causes the death of a person or animal (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | killable, |
| definition | : | fit to kill, especially for food (adj.all) |
33. cause the death of, without intention (verb.contact)
34. deprive of life (verb.contact)
35. be the source of great pain for (verb.perception)
| derivation | : | killer, |
| definition | : | a difficulty that is hard to deal with (noun.cognition) |
36. thwart the passage of (verb.social)
| derivation | : | defeat, licking, |
| definition | : | an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest (noun.event) |
37. be fatal (verb.stative)
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