English > slaying: 1 sense > noun 1, act| Meaning | unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being. |
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| Synonyms | murder, execution |
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| Narrower | assassination | murder of a public figure by surprise attack |
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| bloodshed, gore | The shedding of blood resulting in murder |
| contract killing | A murder carried out on agreement with a hired killer |
| dry-gulching | The act of killing from ambush |
| elimination, liquidation | The murder of a competitor |
| filicide | The murder of your own son or daughter |
| fratricide | The murder of your sibling |
| hit | A murder carried out by an underworld syndicate |
| infanticide | murdering an infant |
| lynching | putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law |
| mariticide | The murder of a husband by his wife |
| parricide | The murder of your own father or mother |
| regicide | The act of killing a king |
| shoot-down | murder by shooting someone down in cold blood |
| slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery | The savage and excessive killing of many people |
| thuggee | murder and robbery by thugs |
| tyrannicide | killing a tyrant |
| uxoricide | The murder of a wife by her husband |
| Broader | homicide | The killing of a human being by another human being |
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| Spanish | asesinato, homicidio |
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| Catalan | assassinat, homicidi |
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| Verbs | slay | kill intentionally and with premeditation |
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