| has gloss | (noun) the act of terminating a life
kill, putting to death, killing |
| has gloss | eng: The act of killing a living thing can be said to have happened when an outside force, usually another life form, has done something to cause it to die. |
| lexicalization | eng: killing |
| lexicalization | eng: kill |
| lexicalization | eng: putting to death |
| subclass of | (noun) the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"
termination, ending, conclusion |
| has subclass | (noun) systematic killing of a racial or cultural group
genocide, racial extermination, race murder |
| has subclass | (noun) the blow that kills (usually mercifully)
coup de grace, deathblow |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of killing; "he had two deaths on his conscience"
death |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)
mercy killing, euthanasia |
| has subclass | (noun) the killing of a human being by another human being
homicide |
| has subclass | (noun) killing a person or animal
despatch, dispatch |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of felling something (as a tree)
fell |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of killing yourself; "it is a crime to commit suicide"
self-destruction, suicide, self-annihilation |
| has subclass | (noun) the killing of animals (as for food)
slaughter |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill
poisoning |
| has subclass | (noun) killing by depriving of oxygen
asphyxiation, suffocation |
| has subclass | (noun) the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
ritual killing, sacrifice |
| has subclass | (noun) killing by electric shock
electrocution |
| has subclass | (noun) killing by cutting off the head
beheading, decapitation |