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murder
To kill (a person) unlawfully and with malice
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  1. To kill (a person) unlawfully and with malice
  2. To kill (another human) in an act of murder.
  3. To commit murder.
slaughter
(Informal) To conquer or defeat completely
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  1. (Informal) To conquer or defeat completely
  2. To kill (animals) especially for food; butcher.
  3. To kill in a violent or brutal manner.
butcher
To kill brutally or indiscriminately.
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  1. To kill brutally or indiscriminately.
  2. To slaughter or prepare (animals) for market.
  3. To kill (people, game, etc.) brutally, senselessly, or in large numbers; slaughter
assassinate
To harm or ruin (someone's reputation, etc.), as by slander, vilification, etc.
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  1. To harm or ruin (someone's reputation, etc.), as by slander, vilification, etc.
  2. To destroy or injure treacherously:
  3. To murder (a prominent person) by surprise attack, as for political reasons.
cut down
Used other than as an idiom: see cut,"Ž down.
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  1. Used other than as an idiom: see cut,"Ž down.
  2. To bring down by cutting.
  3. (Idiomatic) To reduce the amount of something.
cut off
(Idiomatic) To interrupt (someone speaking).
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  1. (Idiomatic) To interrupt (someone speaking).
  2. To stop providing funds to someone.
  3. To end abruptly.
destroy
To put to death; kill:
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  1. To put to death; kill:
  2. To break up or spoil completely; ruin
  3. To kill
dispatch
To send off or out promptly, usually on a specific errand or official business
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  1. To send off or out promptly, usually on a specific errand or official business
  2. (Informal) To eat up quickly
  3. To finish quickly or promptly
finish
(Sports) To score a goal as the last maneuver in a play:
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  1. (Sports) To score a goal as the last maneuver in a play:
  2. To give (wood, for example) a desired or particular surface texture.
  3. To destroy; kill:
kill
To thwart passage of; veto:
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  1. To thwart passage of; veto:
  2. To destroy a vitally essential quality in:
  3. To spend (time) on matters of little or no importance
waste
To pass without being put to use:
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  1. To pass without being put to use:
  2. To fail to take advantage of or use for profit; lose:
  3. (--- Slang) To kill; murder.
zap
In science fiction and fantasy, to transport (a person or thing) into another place or time instantaneously, as with an energy beam.
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  1. In science fiction and fantasy, to transport (a person or thing) into another place or time instantaneously, as with an energy beam.
  2. To use a TV remote control, as to change channels or to skip ahead on a tape, disc, etc.
  3. To destroy or kill:
destroy
To break up or spoil completely; ruin
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  1. To break up or spoil completely; ruin
  2. To put to death; kill:
  3. To kill
finish
(Sports) To score a goal as the last maneuver in a play:
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  1. (Sports) To score a goal as the last maneuver in a play:
  2. To give (wood, for example) a desired or particular surface texture.
  3. To destroy; kill:
kill
To thwart passage of; veto:
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  1. To thwart passage of; veto:
  2. To destroy a vitally essential quality in:
  3. To spend (time) on matters of little or no importance
liquidate
To settle the affairs of (a business firm, for example) by determining the liabilities and applying the assets to their discharge.
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  1. To settle the affairs of (a business firm, for example) by determining the liabilities and applying the assets to their discharge.
  2. To set, by contract or stipulation, a fixed amount for damages resulting from a particular harm.
  3. To dispose of or get rid of, as by killing
murder
To kill (another human) in an act of murder.
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  1. To kill (another human) in an act of murder.
  2. To kill (a person) unlawfully and with malice
  3. To kill inhumanly or barbarously, as in warfare
put away
(Baseball) To take a large lead in a game.
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  1. (Baseball) To take a large lead in a game.
  2. To place out of the way, clean up.
  3. (Colloquial) To consume (food or drink), especially in large quantities.
off
Away from one's work or usual activity
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  1. Away from one's work or usual activity
  2. So as to be completely removed, finished, or eliminated:
  3. (Slang) To kill; murder
waste
To pass without being put to use:
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  1. To pass without being put to use:
  2. To fail to take advantage of or use for profit; lose:
  3. (--- Slang) To kill; murder.
zap
In science fiction and fantasy, to transport (a person or thing) into another place or time instantaneously, as with an energy beam.
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  1. In science fiction and fantasy, to transport (a person or thing) into another place or time instantaneously, as with an energy beam.
  2. To use a TV remote control, as to change channels or to skip ahead on a tape, disc, etc.
  3. To destroy or kill:
Find another word for slay. In this page you can discover 32 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for slay, like: murder, slaughter, butcher, assassinate, kill, carry off, cut down, cut off, destroy, dispatch and finish.

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  • How could any human be so heartless to slay an infant?

  • But to each of these he gave a knife with injunctions to slay her husband on the marriage night.

  • As Asahel would not desist from the pursuit, though warned, Abner was compelled to slay him in self-defence.

  • Pierre still considered that it would be a useful and worthy action to slay the evildoer, but now he felt that he would not do it.

  • Before setting out, the seer charged his sons to slay their mother as soon as they heard of his death.

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