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Main Entry:	kill
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	deprive of existence; destroy
Synonyms:	annihilate, asphyxiate, assassinate, crucify, dispatch, do away with, do in, drown, dump, electrocute, eradicate, erase, execute, exterminate, extirpate, finish, get, guillotine, hang, hit, liquidate, lynch, massacre, murder, neutralize, obliterate, off, poison, polish off, put away, rub out, sacrifice, slaughter, slay, smother, snuff, strangle, suffocate, waste, wipe out, zap, X-out, garrote, immolate, put to death
Antonyms:	bear, create, give birth

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Main Entry:	kill
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	turn off; cancel
Synonyms:	annul, cease, counteract, deaden, defeat, extinguish, forbid, halt, negative, neutralize, nix*, nullify, prohibit, quash, quell, recant, refuse, revoke, ruin, smother, stifle, still, stop, suppress, turn out, veto, scotch, shut off
Antonyms:	begin, initiate, start, turn on

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Main Entry:	abolish
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	do away with or put an end to
Synonyms:	abate, abrogate, annihilate, annul, call off, cancel, destroy, dissolve, end, eradicate, erase, expunge, extinguish, extirpate, finish, inhibit, invalidate, kill, negate, nix, nullify, obliterate, overthrow, overturn, prohibit, quash, repeal, repudiate, rescind, revoke, scrub, squelch, stamp out, subvert, supersede, suppress, terminate, undo, vacate, vitiate, void, wipe out, zap, disestablish, put an end to, put kibosh on, put the kibosh on, set aside
Antonyms:	confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, legalize, promote, ratify, support, uphold

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Main Entry:	amuse
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	entertain; make laugh
Synonyms:	charm, cheer, crack up, delight, divert, fracture, gladden, grab, gratify, interest, kill, occupy, panic, please, put away, regale, slay, tickle, wow, break one up, knock dead, make roll in the aisles
Notes:	the first meaning of amuse was 'to divert the attention of in order to mislead,' 'delude, deceive' and now means 'entertain, make smile or laugh'; bemuse means 'confuse, bewilder, puzzle'
Antonyms:	anger, annoy, bore, dull, tire, upset

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Main Entry:	annul
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	void an agreement
Synonyms:	abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, call off, cancel, countermand, declare, delete, discharge, dissolve, efface, erase, expunge, invalidate, kill, negate, neutralize, nix, nullify, obliterate, quash, recall, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, scrub, undo, vacate, vitiate, wipe out, blot out, get off the hook, render null and void
Antonyms:	keep, restore, retain, validate, revalidate

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Main Entry:	assassinate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	murder prominent or important person
Synonyms:	bump off, do in, eliminate, execute, hit, kill, knock off*, liquidate, slaughter, slay, gun down

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Main Entry:	attract
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	draw attention
Synonyms:	allure, appeal to, bait, beckon, beguile, bewitch, bring, captivate, charm, come on, court, drag, draw, enchant, endear, engage, enthrall, entice, entrance, exert influence, fascinate, freak out, give the come-on, go over big, grab, hook, induce, interest, intrigue, inveigle, invite, kill, knock dead, knock out, lure, magnetize, make a hit with, mousetrap, pull, rope in, score, seduce, send, slay, solicit, spellbind, steer, suck in, sweep off one's feet, tempt, turn on, vamp, wile, wow
Antonyms:	repel, repulse

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Main Entry:	bag
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	catch
Synonyms:	acquire, apprehend, capture, collar, gain, get, hook, kill, land, nab, nail, net, seize, shoot, take, trap
Antonyms:	lose

Main Entry:	behead
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	decapitate
Synonyms:	execute, guillotine, head, kill, neck, bring to the block, decollate

Main Entry:	blast
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	explode
Synonyms:	annihilate, blight, blow up, bomb, break up, burst, damage, dash, demolish, destroy, detonate, dynamite, injure, kill, ruin, shatter, shrivel, spoil, stunt, wither, wreck, torpedo

Main Entry:	call off
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	discontinue
Synonyms:	abandon, abort, break off, cancel, desist, drop, kill, postpone, scrub, withdraw

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Main Entry:	cancel
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	call off; erase
Synonyms:	X-out, abolish, abort, abrogate, annul, ax, black out, blot out, break, break off, countermand, cross out, cut, deface, delete, destroy, do away with, do in, efface, eliminate, eradicate, expunge, finish off, go back on one's word, kill, obliterate, off, omit, quash, remove, render invalid, repeal, repudiate, rescind, revoke, rub out, scratch out, scrub, sink, smash, squash, stamp across, strike out, torpedo, total, trash, trim, undo, wash out, wipe out, wipe slate clean, zap*
Antonyms:	allow, approve, arrange, establish, permit, uphold

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Main Entry:	charm
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	enchant
Synonyms:	allure, attract, beguile, bewitch, cajole, captivate, delight, draw, enamor, enrapture, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, grab, hex, hypnotize, inveigle, kill, knock out, magnetize, mesmerize, please, possess, send, slay, spell, take, tickle, transport, turn on, vamp, voodoo, wile, win, wow, ensorcell, knock dead, put under a spell, sweep off feet, tickle pink, win over
Antonyms:	displease, irritate, offend, repel, repulse, turn off

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Main Entry:	choke
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	smother, block
Synonyms:	asphyxiate, bar, check, clog, close, constrict, dam, die, drown, fill, gag, gasp, kill, noose, obstruct, occlude, overpower, retard, squeeze, stifle, stop, stopper, strangle, stuff, stunt, suffocate, suppress, throttle, wring, congest, garrote, gibbet, strangulate
Antonyms:	release, unblock, unconstrict

Main Entry:	coup de grâce
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	finishing blow
Synonyms:	blow, clincher*, comeuppance, defeat, kill, knockout, quietus, deathblow, final blow, final stroke, mercy stroke, mortal blow

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Main Entry:	crucify
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	execute; torture near to death
Synonyms:	hang, kill, martyr, persecute, rack, torment, torture, excruciate, harrow, martyrize, nail to cross
Antonyms:	exalt

Main Entry:	crush
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	defeating soundly
Synonyms:	annihilate, bear down, beat, conquer, defeat, demolish, extinguish, ice, kill, obliterate, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, quell, reduce, ruin, squelch, stamp out, strangle, subdue, subjugate, suppress, vanquish, wreck, blot out*, blow away, force down, quelch
Antonyms:	lose, surrender, yield

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Main Entry:	destroy
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	demolish, devastate
Synonyms:	abort, annihilate, annul, butcher, consume, cream, crush, damage, deface, desolate, despoil, dismantle, dispatch, end, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, gut, impair, kill, level, liquidate, maim, mar, maraud, mutilate, nuke, nullify, overturn, quash, quell, ravage, ravish, raze, ruin, sabotage, shatter, slay, smash, snuff out, stamp out, suppress, tear down, total, trash, vaporize, waste, wax, wipe out, wreck, zap, axe, blot out, break down, lay waste, spoliate, swallow up, torpedo*
Antonyms:	build, construct, create, improve, repair, restore

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Main Entry:	disallow
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	reject, prohibit
Synonyms:	abjure, cancel, censor, debar, deny, disavow, disclaim, dismiss, disown, embargo, exclude, forbid, kill, nix, proscribe, put down, rebuff, refuse, repudiate, shut out, taboo, veto, withhold, zing*, disacknowledge, keep back, pass on
Antonyms:	allow, permit

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Main Entry:	discontinue
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	prevent activity from going on
Synonyms:	abandon, break off, cease, close, desist, disconnect, disjoin, disunite, drop, end, finish, halt, interpose, interrupt, intervene, kill, knock off, leave off, part, pause, quit, scrub, separate, stop, surcease, suspend, terminate, bag it, blow off*, call it quits, dissever, give over, give up, put an end to, refrain from
Antonyms:	carry on, continue, restart, retry