| Main Entry: | behead |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decapitate |
Synonyms: |
bring to the block, decollate, execute, guillotine, head, kill, neck |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sever, chop with sharp instrument; incise |
Synonyms: |
amputate, behead, bisect, bite, carve, chine, chip, chisel, cleave, clip, crop, curtail, decussate, dice, dispatch, dissect, dissever, divide, facet, fell, flitch, gash, guillotine, hack, hash, hew, intersect, lacerate, lay open, level, lop, massacre, mince, mow, mow down, nick, notch, part, penetrate, perforate, pierce, prune, puncture, quarter, rabbet, raze, reap, rend, rip, rive, saber, saw, scarify, scissor, score, scythe, separate, shave, shear, sickle, skive, slash, slaughter, slay, slice, slit, sliver, snip |
| Main Entry: | execute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kill |
Synonyms: |
assassinate, behead, bump off, do in, electrocute, eliminate, finish, gas, guillotine, hang, knock off, liquidate, murder, purge, put away, put to death, shoot |
Antonyms: |
bear, create |
| Main Entry: | murder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kill |
Synonyms: |
abolish, asphyxiate, assassinate, behead, blot out, bump off, butcher, chill*, cool*, decapitate, defeat, destroy, dispatch, do in, drub, dust off, electrocute, eliminate, eradicate, execute, exterminate, extinguish, finish, garotte, guillotine, hang, hit*, knife, knock off, liquidate, lynch, mangle, mar, massacre, misuse, off*, put away, rub out, ruin, shoot, slaughter, slay, smother, snuff, spoil, strangle, take a life, take for a ride, take out*, thrash*, waste* |
| Notes: | the general term for the killing of a person by another is homicide; murder is either the intentional killing or malicious killing of another; manslaughter is the unintentional, accidental killing of another through carelessness |
Antonyms: |
guard, preserve, protect, save |
| Main Entry: | guillotine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decapitate |
Synonyms: |
behead, execute, lop |