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murders - 20 thesaurus results
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | manslaughter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | killing without malicious forethought |
| Synonyms: | crime, foul play*, hit*, homicide, killing, murder |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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