Synonyms and Antonyms of kill

synonym (synonym of kill)

  • (noun)
    assassinate, despatch, massacre, put to death, slay, butcher, execute, murder, slaughter
    To kill is simply to deprive of life, human, animal, or vegetable, with no suggestion of how or why. Assassinate, execute, murder, apply only to the t more.. (noun)
     
  • (noun.act)
    killing, putting to death
    the act of terminating a life (noun.act)
     
  • (verb.social)
    defeat, shoot down, vote down, vote out
    thwart the passage of (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.change)
    stamp out
    end or extinguish by forceful means (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    belt down, bolt down, down, drink down, pop, pour down, toss off
    drink down entirely (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.change)
    obliterate, wipe out
    mark for deletion, rub off, or erase (verb.change)
     
  • (noun)
    kell
    A kiln. (noun)
     
  • (noun)
    slaughter, trucidation
    The act of killing. (noun)
     

also (also)

  • cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly (verb.contact)
    exterminate, kill off
    kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many (verb.contact)
     

hypernym (kill IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • be fatal (verb.stative)
    be
    have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) (verb.stative)
     
  • be the source of great pain for (verb.perception)
    ache, hurt, suffer
    feel physical pain (verb.perception)
     
  • cause to cease operating (verb.change)
    cut, switch off, turn off, turn out
    cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch (verb.contact)
     
  • destroy a vitally essential quality of or in (verb.change)
    destroy, destruct
    do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of (verb.creation)
     
  • drink down entirely (verb.consumption)
    drink, imbibe
    take in liquids (verb.consumption)
     
  • end or extinguish by forceful means (verb.change)
    end, terminate
    bring to an end or halt (verb.change)
     
  • hit with great force (verb.contact)
    hit
    cause to move by striking (verb.contact)
     
  • mark for deletion, rub off, or erase (verb.change)
    take away, take out
    take out or remove (verb.change)
     
  • overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration (verb.emotion)
    overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm
    overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli (verb.emotion)
     
  • the act of terminating a life (noun.act)
    conclusion, ending, termination
    the act of ending something (noun.act)
     
  • the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile (noun.act)
    destruction, devastation
    the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists (noun.act)
     
  • thwart the passage of (verb.social)
    blackball, negative, veto
    vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent (verb.social)
     
  • tire out completely (verb.change)
    beat, exhaust, tucker, tucker out, wash up
    wear out completely (verb.body)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF kill relation)

  • cause the death of, without intention (verb.contact)
    electrocute
    kill by electric shock (verb.social)
     
  • cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly (verb.contact)
    annihilate, carry off, decimate, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out
    kill in large numbers (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    decimate
    kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    drown
    kill by submerging in water (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    massacre, mow down, slaughter
    kill a large number of people indiscriminately (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    erase, wipe out
    remove from memory or existence (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    butcher, slaughter
    kill (animals) usually for food consumption (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    poison
    kill with poison (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    lapidate, stone
    kill by throwing stones at (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    commit suicide
    kill oneself (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    dispatch
    kill without delay (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    vaporize, zap
    kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    sacrifice
    kill or destroy (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    take off
    prove fatal (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    tomahawk
    kill with a tomahawk (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    destroy, put down
    put (an animal) to death (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    saber, sabre
    kill with a saber (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    overlay, overlie
    kill by lying on (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    brain
    kill by smashing someone's skull (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    put away, put to sleep
    kill gently, as with an injection (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    do in, knock off, liquidate, neutralise, neutralize, waste
    get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    exterminate, kill off
    kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    asphyxiate, smother, suffocate
    deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    strangle, strangulate, throttle
    kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    behead, decapitate, decollate
    cut the head of (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    impale, stake
    kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    dismember
    separate the limbs from the body (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    martyr
    kill as a martyr (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    shed blood
    kill violently (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.social)
    bump off, dispatch, hit, murder, off, polish off, remove, slay
    kill intentionally and with premeditation (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    assassinate
    murder; especially of socially prominent persons (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    execute, put to death
    kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    draw, draw and quarter, quarter
    pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    lynch
    kill without legal sanction (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    pip, shoot
    kill by firing a missile (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    electrocute, fry
    kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair (verb.social)
     
  • deprive of life (verb.contact)
    strike down
    cause to die, especially suddenly (verb.contact)
     
  • the act of terminating a life (noun.act)
    coup de grace, deathblow
    the blow that kills (usually mercifully) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    death
    the act of killing (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    euthanasia, mercy killing
    the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    homicide
    the killing of a human being by another human being (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    despatch, dispatch
    killing a person or animal (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    fell
    the act of felling something (as a tree) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    self-annihilation, self-destruction, suicide
    the act of killing yourself (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    slaughter
    the killing of animals (as for food) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    poisoning
    the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    asphyxiation, suffocation
    killing by depriving of oxygen (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    ritual killing, sacrifice
    the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    electrocution
    killing by electric shock (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    beheading, decapitation
    killing by cutting off the head (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    genocide, race murder, racial extermination
    systematic killing of a racial or cultural group (noun.act)
     

cause (cause to relations of kill)

verb group (kill is verb group of ....)

  • destroy a vitally essential quality of or in (verb.change)
    kill
    cause to cease operating (verb.change)
     

derivation (.... is derived from kill)

  • be the source of great pain for (verb.perception)
    killer
    a difficulty that is hard to deal with (noun.cognition)
     
  • cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly (verb.contact)
    kill, killing, putting to death
    the act of terminating a life (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.event)
    killing, violent death
    an event that causes someone to die (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.person)
    killer, slayer
    someone who causes the death of a person or animal (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.state)
    cause of death, killer
    the causal agent resulting in death (noun.state)
     
  • (adj.all)
    killable
    fit to kill, especially for food (adj.all)
     
  • mark for deletion, rub off, or erase (verb.change)
    eradication, obliteration
    the complete destruction of every trace of something (noun.event)
     
  • (noun.event)
    demolition, destruction, wipeout
    an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something (noun.event)
     
  • (adj.all)
    obliterable, removable
    able to be obliterated completely (adj.all)
     
  • the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile (noun.act)
    kill
    cause to cease operating (verb.change)
     
  • thwart the passage of (verb.social)
    defeat, licking
    an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest (noun.event)
     

domain category (kill is domain category of ....)

  • hit with great force (verb.contact)
    athletics, sport
    an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition (noun.act)
     
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