Word

putting to death, n.

the act of terminating a life
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3

kill killing putting to death

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

kill kill kill kill

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hypernym

ending, conclusion, termination

hyponym

deathblow, coup de grace death euthanasia, mercy killing homicide dispatch, despatch fell suicide, self-destruction, self-annihilation slaughter poisoning suffocation, asphyxiation sacrifice, ritual killing electrocution decapitation, beheading genocide, race murder, racial extermination