| Main Entry: | homicide |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | killing |
Synonyms: |
assassination, big chill, bloodshed, bump-off, butchery, carnage, crime, death, erase*, foul play, hit, manslaughter, murder, offing, ride, rubout, slaying |
| 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: |
birth |
| Main Entry: | carnage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | massacre |
Synonyms: |
annihilation, blitz, blood, blood and guts, blood bath, bloodshed, butchering, butchery, crime, extermination, gore, havoc, hecatomb, holocaust, homicide, killing, liquidation, manslaughter, mass murder, murder, offing, rapine, search and destroy, shambles, slaughter, slaying, taking out, warfare, wasting |
| Main Entry: | killing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | murder |
Synonyms: |
assassination, bloodshed, bumping off, capital punishment, carnage, execution, extermination, homicide, manslaughter, massacre, slaughter, slaying |
| Main Entry: | manslaughter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | killing without malicious forethought |
Synonyms: |
crime, foul play, hit*, homicide, killing, murder |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | murder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | killing |
Synonyms: |
annihilation, assassination, blood, bloodshed, butchery, carnage, crime, death, destruction, dispatching, felony, foul play, hit*, homicide, knifing, liquidation, lynching, manslaughter, massacre, off*, offing, one-way ticket, rub out, shooting, slaying, taking out, terrorism, the business, the works |
| Main Entry: | murderer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who kills |
Synonyms: |
assassin, butcher, criminal, cutthroat, enforcer, executioner, hit person, hit-and-run, homicide, killer, manslaughterer, perpetrator, slaughterer, slayer, soldier, trigger person |
| Main Entry: | manslayer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | murderer |
Synonyms: |
assassin, butcher, criminal, cutthroat, enforcer, executioner, hit person, hit-and-run, homicide, killer, manslaughterer, massacrer, murderess, perpetrator, slaughterer, slayer, soldier, trigger person, triggerman |
| Main Entry: | massacrer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | murderer |
Synonyms: |
assassin, butcher, criminal, cutthroat, enforcer, executioner, hit person, hit-and-run, homicide, killer, manslaughterer, manslayer, murderess, perpetrator, slaughterer, slayer, soldier, trigger person, triggerman |
| Main Entry: | murderess |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | murderer |
Synonyms: |
assassin, butcher, criminal, cutthroat, enforcer, executioner, hit person, hit-and-run, homicide, killer, manslaughterer, manslayer, massacrer, perpetrator, slaughterer, slayer, soldier, trigger person, triggerman |
| Main Entry: | slaughterer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | murderer |
Synonyms: |
assassin, butcher, criminal, cutthroat, enforcer, executioner, hit person, hit-and-run, homicide, killer, manslaughterer, manslayer, massacrer, murderess, perpetrator, slayer, soldier, trigger person, triggerman |