Murders synonym | Thesaurus.com

Main Entry:	murder
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	killing
Synonyms:	blood, bloodshed, carnage, crime, death, destruction, felony, foul play, hit, homicide, lynching, manslaughter, massacre, off, rub out, shooting, annihilation, assassination, butchery, dispatching, knifing, liquidation, offing, one-way ticket, slaying, taking out, terrorism, the business, the works
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

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Main Entry:	murder
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	kill
Synonyms:	abolish, asphyxiate, assassinate, behead, bump off, butcher, chill, cool, decapitate, defeat, destroy, dispatch, do in, drub, electrocute, eliminate, eradicate, execute, exterminate, extinguish, finish, 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, thrash, waste, blot out, dust off, garotte, take a life, take for a ride, take out*
Antonyms:	guard, preserve, protect, save

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Main Entry:	annihilate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	destroy completely
Synonyms:	abate, abolish, abrogate, annul, crush, decimate, demolish, do in, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, invalidate, liquidate, massacre, murder, negate, nullify, obliterate, quash, quell, raze, rub out, ruin, slaughter, undo, vitiate, wipe out, wrack, wreck, blot out, finish off, root out, take out
Antonyms:	help, preserve, revive, save

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Main Entry:	bring down
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	reduce or hurt
Synonyms:	abase, cut down, damage, drop, fell, floor, injure, level, lower, murder, overthrow, overturn, prostrate, pull down, slay, tumble, undermine, upset, wound, KO, knock down, lay low, mow down, shoot down, throw down
Antonyms:	aid, encourage, help, raise

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Main Entry:	carnage
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	massacre
Synonyms:	blitz, blood, bloodshed, crime, gore, havoc, holocaust, homicide, killing, manslaughter, mass murder, murder, rapine, shambles, slaughter, warfare, annihilation, blood and guts, blood bath, butchering, butchery, extermination, hecatomb, liquidation, offing, search and destroy, slaying, taking out, wasting

Main Entry:	destruction
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	demolition, devastation
Synonyms:	abolition, bane, carnage, downfall, elimination, end, eradication, extinction, extirpation, havoc, loss, massacre, murder, overthrow, ruin, slaughter, subversion, undoing, wreckage, wrecking, abolishing, annihilation, assassinating, crashing, crushing, disintegrating, disrupting, dissolving, extermination, extinguishing, invalidating, invalidation, liquidation, ravaging, ruination, sacking, shattering, slaying, subjugation, subverting
Antonyms:	building, construction, creation, improvement, reparation, restoration

Main Entry:	dispatch
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	kill
Synonyms:	assassinate, bump off, butcher, destroy, eliminate, execute, finish, murder, put away, slaughter, slay, finish off, put end to, take out*

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Main Entry:	do away with
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	get rid of; destroy
Synonyms:	abolish, bump off, cancel, discard, discontinue, do in, eliminate, exterminate, finish, kill, liquidate, murder, remove, slaughter, slay, wipe out*, put an end to, put to death, take away
Antonyms:	build, construct, get, keep

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Main Entry:	do in
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	destroy; exhaust
Synonyms:	assassinate, bankrupt, bump off, butcher, cool, dispatch, do away with, eliminate, execute, fatigue, finish, frazzle, kill, knock out, liquidate, murder, put away*, ruin, shatter, slaughter, slay, tire, wear out, weary, wreck, dilapidate
Antonyms:	bear, create, invent

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Main Entry:	eliminate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	remove, throw out
Synonyms:	annihilate, bump off, cancel, count out, cut out, defeat, discard, discharge, dismiss, dispense with, dispose of, disqualify, disregard, do away with, drop, eject, eradicate, erase, evict, exclude, expel, exterminate, get rid of, ignore, invalidate, kill, knock out, liquidate, murder, omit, oust, phase out, put out, reject, rub out, rule out, slay, stamp out, terminate, waive, waste, wipe out, blot out, cast out, drive out, leave out, set aside, shut the door on, take out
Antonyms:	accept, choose, include, keep, ratify, sanction, welcome

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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, shoot, put to death
Antonyms:	bear, create

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Main Entry:	felony
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	crime
Synonyms:	arson, assault, burglary, foul play, murder, offense, rape, robbery, violation, wrongdoing, criminal offense

Main Entry:	foul play
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	treacherous action
Synonyms:	corruption, crime, dirty work, felony, fraud, lawbreaking, murder, violence, wrong, bad deed, cruel act, dirty trick, funny business

Main Entry:	homicide
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	killing
Synonyms:	bloodshed, carnage, crime, death, erase*, foul play, hit, manslaughter, murder, ride, assassination, big chill, bump-off, butchery, offing, rubout, slaying
Antonyms:	birth

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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:	knock off
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	kill
Synonyms:	assassinate, bump off, chill, dispatch, dispose of, do away with, do away with, do in, do in, dust, dust, eliminate, execute, finish, grease, hit, ice, kill, liquidate, murder, off, rub out, rub out, shoot, slay, snuff out, stab, waste, wax, whack, zap, blow away, stretch out
Antonyms:	bear, create

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Main Entry:	liquidate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	destroy, dissolve
Synonyms:	abolish, annihilate, annul, cancel, dispatch, do away with, do in, eliminate, exterminate, get rid of, kill, murder, purge, remove, rub out, silence, terminate, vaporize, wipe out, finish off
Antonyms:	build, construct, create

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Main Entry:	manslaughter
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	killing without malicious forethought
Synonyms:	crime, foul play, hit, homicide, killing, murder

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Main Entry:	massacre
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	killing of many
Synonyms:	bloodbath, bloodshed, carnage, genocide, murder, slaughter, annihilation, assassination, butchery, decimation, extermination, internecion, slaying

Main Entry:	massacre
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	kill, often in great numbers
Synonyms:	annihilate, butcher, decimate, exterminate, mass murder, murder, slaughter, slay, depopulate
Antonyms:	create, give birth