Kill

//kɪl//

Synonyms for "kill" (457 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Strong matches (137)

deaden dealing death death deathblow decimate decree defeat delete delight denouement deprive of life destroy destruction destruction of life devastate dispatch dispose of divert do away with do for

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Verb(28 words)

defeat demolish destroy devive disable dispatch dispose of do do in down downstroy drill drink down dust eliminate end eradicate ex exterminate finish

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finish off flatten fritter away game-end grease ice knock off lay waste to

Noun(1 words)

killing

Related words (228)

liquidate lobby lobby through logroll loosen up lynch make away with martyr martyrdom martyrization martyrize massacre meandering stream mercy killing midchannel midstream millstream moving road muffle murder

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muzzle navigable river negative neutralize nip nip in the bud nix nullify obliterate occupy omit ordain pain pass perfect pick pigeonhole pocket poison poisoning polish polish off pour water on prey purge put away put down put in force put paid to put through put to death put to sleep quarry quash quell quench race racing stream railroad railroad through raise a laugh raise a smile ravage recreate refresh regale relax remove remove from life repress rescind rid ritual killing ritual murder river rivulet roll logs rub out ruin rule against run rundle runlet runnel sacrifice scrag shoot shoot down shooting shush shut shut down shut down on shut off sike silence sit down on sit on slaughter slay slaying smash smother snuff out solace spend spill stream spoil squash squelch stamp stamp out stanch starve stifle still stoning strangle stream stream action streamlet strike strike off strike out stultify subdue subterranean river suffocate suicide suppress switch off table take life take off take the floor taking of life termination the hunted throttle tickle tire out titillate to torment torture toss off tributary turn off uproot use up venery veto victim void wadi waste watercourse waterway weary while away wipe out wow yield the floor zap

Verb(63 words)

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Noun(1 words)

putting to death

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

19 relation types

More general

40 entries

ache alter beat blackball body change conclusion cut dead body destroy destruct destruction devastation drink end ending

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More specific

108 entries

Charlie Kirk asphyxiate assassinate bayonet behead blast blow a hole in blow apart blow away blow to kingdom come blow up burke burn butcher cap catastrophic kill

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Antonyms

10 entries

alive birth give give birth keep keep alive let let live live save

Synonyms

7 entries

annihilate assassinate break fritter away killing stamp out toss off

Related terms

3 entries

die killer killing

causes

1 entries

die

dbpedia genre

1 entries

rock music

derived

159 entries

I kill you later Kill Devil Hills Killadelphia Killary all-kill autokill bottom kill buzzkill care killed a cat care killed the cat catch and kill crack kills crowd-kill curiosity killed the cat double kill dress to kill

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distinct from

1 entries

legal

etymologically related_to

3 entries

cole coll quell

has context

10 entries

computing hyperbole hyperbolic internet irc mathematics metallurgy sport sports volleyball

has first_subevent

11 entries

buy weapon choose victim definitely consider options find weakness get weapon grab weapon hide evidence panic pick victim regret run away

has last_subevent

11 entries

clean up mess establish alibi go to jail hide body hide evidence laugh maniacally leaving scene of crime make audience laugh reconsider action run throw knife in river

has prerequisite

62 entries

attack living creature buy gun call cop to stop calm yourself down change mind choose victim consider consequences count to ten slowly do quick eat breakfast examine reason seek help fatally injure find lethal weapon find out where live find victim get alibi

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has subevent

47 entries

anoer person dies apply knowledge you've learned arrested by police being sentenced to life in prison capital punishment clean up evidence commit crime criminal prosecution damnation death deprive of loved one destroy evidence dies drink blood end life end person's life

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is a

5 entries

body capital offense in places crime destruction single

manner of

9 entries

be destroy exhaust hit hurt overwhelm switch off take away veto

motivated by_goal

39 entries

angry attacked avenge loved ones death being raped dead defend yourself die evil fool get revenge get rid of have no ther choice i'm hungry insane keep silent killed love

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related to

108 entries

action amaze assassinate attack ball bloody blow bringing bringing death business butcher cause cause death cease court create

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Translations

565 translations across 209 languages.

Afrikaans

4 entries

doodslag noun (death blow)
moord noun (act of killing)
moord noun (result of killing)
doodmaak verb (to put to death)

Ahom

1 entries

𑜁𑜠 verb (to put to death)

Aklanon

1 entries

patay verb (to put to death)

Albanian

3 entries

mait (gheg) verb (to put to death)
myt verb (to put to death)
vras verb (to put to death)

Algerian Arabic

1 entries

قتل verb (to put to death)

Amis

1 entries

mipatay verb (to put to death)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

αἱρέω verb (to put to death)
καίνω verb (to put to death)
κατέπεφνον verb (to put to death)
κατακτείνω verb (to put to death)

Ao

1 entries

tepset (Chungli) verb (to put to death)

Arabic

4 entries

قَتْلَة noun (act of killing)
ذبح verb (to put to death)
قتل verb (to put to death)
قتل verb (to put to death)

Aramaic

1 entries

ܩܛܠ noun (act of killing)

Armenian

2 entries

սպանություն noun (act of killing)
սպանել verb (to put to death)

Assamese

3 entries

মাৰ verb (to put to death)
মাৰি পেলা verb (to put to death)
হত্যা কৰ verb (to put to death)

Asturian

2 entries

matanza noun (act of killing)
matar verb (to put to death)

Avar

1 entries

чӏвазе verb (to put to death)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

öldürmək verb (to put to death)

Baluchi

1 entries

کشگ verb (to put to death)

Bashkir

1 entries

үлтереү verb (to put to death)

Basque

1 entries

hil verb (to put to death)

Belarusian

2 entries

забі́ць verb (to put to death)
забіва́ць verb (to put to death)

Bengali

2 entries

বধ করা verb (to put to death)
হত্যা করা verb (to put to death)

Bikol Central

1 entries

gadan verb (to put to death)

Borôro

1 entries

bito verb (to put to death)

Bouyei

1 entries

gac verb (to put to death)

Bulgarian

4 entries

убийство noun (act of killing)
спирам verb (to render inoperative)
спирам verb (to render void)
уби́вам verb (to put to death)

Burmese

2 entries

သတ် verb (to put to death)
သတ်ဖြတ် verb (to put to death)

Buryat

1 entries

алаха verb (to put to death)

Campidanese Sardinian

1 entries

bocciri verb (to put to death)

Catalan

4 entries

assassinat noun (act of killing)
assassinat noun (result of killing)
mort noun (result of killing)
matar verb (to put to death)

Cebuano

1 entries

patay verb (to put to death)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

کوشتن verb (to put to death)

Chadian Arabic

1 entries

كتل verb (to put to death)

Chechen

2 entries

де verb (to put to death)
ден verb (to put to death)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎠᎯᎭ verb (to put to death)

Chickasaw

1 entries

abi verb (to put to death)

Chinese

4 entries

дасы verb (to put to death)
са verb (to put to death)
刣 verb (to put to death)
刣死 verb (to put to death)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

殺 /杀 verb (to put to death)
殺死 /杀死 verb (to put to death)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

屍體 /尸体 noun (result of killing)
死屍 /死尸 noun (result of killing)
殺害 /杀害 noun (act of killing)
宰 verb (to put to death)

Chukchi

1 entries

тэгинӈэтык verb (to put to death)

Coptic

1 entries

ϧⲱⲧⲉⲃ verb (to put to death)

Crimean Tatar

2 entries

gebertmek verb (to put to death)
öldürmek verb (to put to death)

Czech

2 entries

zabití noun (act of killing)
zabít verb (to put to death)

Danish

4 entries

aflivning noun (act of killing)
bytte noun (result of killing)
drab noun (act of killing)
dødeligt slag noun (death blow)

Drung

1 entries

svt verb (to put to death)

Dutch

4 entries

moord noun (result of killing)
moorden noun (act of killing)
prooi noun (result of killing)
vermoorden noun (act of killing)

Eastern Min Chinese

2 entries

刣 verb (to put to death)
刣死 verb (to put to death)

Egyptian

2 entries

X:d-b-A24 verb (to put to death)
s-mA-A-T30 verb (to put to death)

Elfdalian

2 entries

ela verb (to put to death)
ev ijel verb (to put to death)

Esperanto

1 entries

mortigi verb (to put to death)

Estonian

1 entries

tapma verb (to put to death)

Even

1 entries

мадай verb (to put to death)

Evenki

1 entries

вами verb (to put to death)

Faroese

1 entries

drepa verb (to put to death)

Finnish

4 entries

kuolinisku noun (death blow)
saalis noun (result of killing)
surma noun (act of killing)
tappo noun (act of killing)

French

4 entries

assassinat noun (act of killing)
cadavre noun (result of killing)
homicide noun (act of killing)
meurtre noun (act of killing)

Friulian

2 entries

copâ verb (to put to death)
maçâ verb (to put to death)

Galician

4 entries

mata noun (act of killing)
matanza noun (act of killing)
morte noun (act of killing)
matar verb (to put to death)

Gallurese

1 entries

iscatteddare verb (to put to death)

Gan Chinese

1 entries

殺 /杀 verb (to put to death)

Georgian

4 entries

ბოლოს მოღება verb (to put to death)
დახარჯვა verb (to waste)
კვლა verb (to put to death)
მოკვლა verb (to put to death)

German

4 entries

Beute noun (result of killing)
Ermordung noun (act of killing)
Gnadenschuss noun (death blow)
Mord noun (act of killing)

Gothic

2 entries

𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to put to death)
𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to put to death)

Greek

4 entries

δολοφονία noun (act of killing)
θήραμα noun (result of killing)
θανάτωση noun (act of killing)
θανατηφόρο πλήγμα noun (death blow)

Greenlandic

1 entries

toquppaa verb (to put to death)

Gujarati

1 entries

મારવું verb (to put to death)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

殺 /杀 verb (to put to death)

Hawaiian

1 entries

hoʻomake verb (to put to death)

Hebrew

4 entries

הרג noun (act of killing)
הריגה noun (act of killing)
הרג verb (to put to death)
קטל verb (to put to death)

Higaonon

2 entries

hunatayan verb (to put to death)
minatay verb (to put to death)

Hindi

4 entries

कतल करना verb (to put to death)
प्राण ले लेना verb (to put to death)
मार डालना verb (to put to death)
मारना verb (to put to death)

Hlai

1 entries

haus verb (to put to death)

Hungarian

4 entries

gyilkol verb (to put to death)
halálát okozza verb (to put to death)
kioltja az életét verb (to put to death)
megöl verb (to put to death)

Icelandic

3 entries

dráp noun (act of killing)
morð noun (act of killing)
drepa verb (to put to death)

Ido

1 entries

mortigar verb (to put to death)

Indonesian

1 entries

membunuh verb (to put to death)

Ingrian

4 entries

leikata verb (to put to death)
mukistaa verb (to put to death)
surmata verb (to put to death)
tappaa verb (to put to death)

Ingush

1 entries

ве verb (to put to death)

Irish

2 entries

maraigh verb (to put to death)
meil verb (to waste)

Isoko

1 entries

kpe verb (to put to death)

Italian

4 entries

colpo fatale noun (death blow)
preda noun (result of killing)
preda uccisa noun (result of killing)
spoglia noun (result of killing)

Japanese

4 entries

屍 noun (result of killing)
死体 noun (result of killing)
殺す noun (act of killing)
殺害 noun (act of killing)

Japhug

1 entries

sat verb (to put to death)

Javanese

1 entries

matèni verb (to put to death)

Jin Chinese

1 entries

殺 /杀 verb (to put to death)

Kabyle

1 entries

enɣ verb (to put to death)

Kalmyk

1 entries

алх verb (to put to death)

Kambera

1 entries

pameti verb (to put to death)

Kannada

1 entries

ಕೊಲ್ಲು verb (to put to death)

Karachay-Balkar

1 entries

ёлтюрюрге verb (to put to death)

Kazakh

1 entries

өлтіру verb (to put to death)

Khakas

2 entries

ӧдір саларға verb (to put to death)
ӧдірерге verb (to put to death)

Khmer

2 entries

ឃាត verb (to put to death)
សម្លាប់ verb (to put to death)

Komi-Zyrian

1 entries

вины verb (to put to death)

Korean

2 entries

죽이다 noun (act of killing)
죽이다 verb (to put to death)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

өлтүрүү verb (to put to death)

Laboya

1 entries

haʼmate verb (to put to death)

Lao

2 entries

ຂ້າ verb (to put to death)
ຂ້າ verb (to render void)

Latgalian

2 entries

nuoveit verb (to put to death)
nūsist verb (to put to death)

Latin

4 entries

caedō verb (to put to death)
concidō verb (to put to death)
cōnsūmō verb (to put to death)
dēiciō verb (to put to death)

Latvian

2 entries

nogalināt verb (to put to death)
nāvēt verb (to put to death)

Lithuanian

1 entries

žudyti verb (to put to death)

Lombard

2 entries

massà verb (to put to death)
mazzà verb (to put to death)

Low German

1 entries

doot maken verb (to put to death)

Lower Sorbian

4 entries

kóńcowaś verb (to put to death)
skóńcowaś verb (to put to death)
wusmjerśiś verb (to put to death)
wusmjerśowaś verb (to put to death)

Lü

1 entries

ᦃᦱᧉ verb (to put to death)

Macedonian

2 entries

убива verb (to put to death)
убие verb (to put to death)

Malay

3 entries

pembunuhan noun (act of killing)
bunuh verb (to put to death)
membunuh verb (to put to death)

Malayalam

1 entries

കൊല്ലുക verb (to put to death)

Maltese

1 entries

qatel verb (to put to death)

Manchu

1 entries

ᠸᠠᠮᠪᡳ verb (to put to death)

Mansaka

2 entries

bono verb (to put to death)
patay verb (to put to death)

Maore Comorian

1 entries

uula verb (to put to death)

Maranao

1 entries

bono' verb (to put to death)

Marathi

3 entries

मारणे verb (to put to death)
वाया जाने verb (to waste)
हत्या करणे verb (to put to death)

Middle French

1 entries

occire verb (to put to death)

Minangkabau

1 entries

bunuah verb (to put to death)

Mizo

1 entries

that verb (to put to death)

Mon

1 entries

ဂစိုတ် verb (to put to death)

Mongolian

1 entries

алах verb (to put to death)

Māori

2 entries

patu verb (to put to death)
whakamate verb (to put to death)

Nanai

1 entries

ва verb (to put to death)

Neapolitan

1 entries

accidere verb (to put to death)

Nepali

1 entries

मार्नु verb (to put to death)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

hura hitswa verb (to put to death)

Norman

2 entries

occi verb (to put to death)
tuer verb (to put to death)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

kuj verb (to put to death)
kuştin verb (to put to death)

Northern Min Chinese

2 entries

刣 verb (to put to death)
殺 /杀 verb (to put to death)

Northern Ohlone

1 entries

meme verb (to put to death)

Northern Sami

3 entries

goddalit verb (to put to death)
goddit verb (to put to death)
sorbmet verb (to put to death)

Northern Thai

1 entries

ᨡ᩶ᩣ verb (to put to death)

Norwegian

3 entries

drap noun (act of killing)
drap noun (result of killing)
drepe verb (to put to death)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

bytte noun (result of killing)
drepe verb (to render inoperative)
eliminere verb (to waste)
tilintetgjøre verb (to render void)

Occitan

3 entries

aucir verb (to put to death)
matar verb (to put to death)
tuar verb (to put to death)

Odia

1 entries

ମରେଇବା verb (to put to death)

Old English

2 entries

ofsléan noun (act of killing)
ofslēan verb (to put to death)

Old French

2 entries

morir verb (to put to death)
ocire verb (to put to death)

Old Irish

1 entries

marbaid verb (to put to death)

Ossetian

1 entries

марын verb (to put to death)

Pali

1 entries

ghāteti verb (to put to death)

Pashto

2 entries

قتلول verb (to put to death)
مړه کول verb (to put to death)

Persian

1 entries

کشتن verb (to put to death)

Plautdietsch

2 entries

aufschaufen verb (to put to death)
dootmoaken verb (to put to death)

Polish

4 entries

ofiara noun (result of killing)
zabójstwo noun (act of killing)
zdobycz noun (result of killing)
dobić verb (to put to death)

Portuguese

4 entries

morte noun (act of killing)
presa noun (result of killing)
acabar com verb (to render void)
matar verb (to put to death)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਮਾਰ ਸੁੱਟਣਾ verb (to put to death)

Quechua

1 entries

wañuchiy verb (to put to death)

Romanian

4 entries

anula verb (to render inoperative)
lua viața verb (to put to death)
omorî verb (to put to death)
opri verb (to render inoperative)

Romansch

3 entries

mazar verb (to put to death)
mazzar verb (to put to death)
mazzer verb (to put to death)

Russian

4 entries

добы́ча noun (result of killing)
же́ртва noun (result of killing)
смерте́льный уда́р noun (death blow)
ту́ша noun (result of killing)

S'gaw Karen

1 entries

မၤသံ verb (to put to death)

Samoan

1 entries

fasioti verb (to put to death)

Sanskrit

1 entries

हन्ति verb (to put to death)

Sardinian

4 entries

bocchire verb (to put to death)
bochire verb (to put to death)
bochíere verb (to put to death)
buchíere verb (to put to death)

Sassarese

1 entries

bocchire verb (to put to death)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

cuir gu bàs verb (to put to death)
marbh verb (to put to death)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

ulov noun (result of killing)
likvidírati verb (to put to death)
pobíjati verb (to put to death)
pòbiti verb (to put to death)

Shan

1 entries

ၶႃႈ verb (to put to death)

Sherpa

1 entries

བསད verb (to put to death)

Sinhalese

1 entries

මරනවා verb (to put to death)

Slovak

4 entries

korisť noun (result of killing)
zabitie noun (act of killing)
úlovok noun (result of killing)
likvidovať verb (to waste)

Slovene

2 entries

ubijati verb (to put to death)
ubíti verb (to put to death)

Sotho

1 entries

bolaya verb (to put to death)

Southern Altai

1 entries

ӧлтӱр verb (to put to death)

Spanish

4 entries

matanza noun (act of killing)
matanza noun (result of killing)
dar matarile verb (to put to death)
matar verb (to put to death)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries

kiri verb (to put to death)

Sumerian

2 entries

𒄤 verb (to put to death)
𒄮 verb (to put to death)

Sundanese

1 entries

telas verb (to put to death)

Swahili

1 entries

kuua verb (to put to death)

Swedish

4 entries

dräpande noun (act of killing)
dödande noun (act of killing)
dödsslag noun (death blow)
avliva verb (to put to death)

Sylheti

2 entries

ꠎꠛꠧ ꠇꠞ verb (to put to death)
ꠝꠣꠞ verb (to put to death)

Tagalog

2 entries

patay verb (to put to death)
patayin verb (to put to death)

Tai Dam

1 entries

ꪄ꫁ꪱ verb (to put to death)

Tai Nüa

1 entries

ᥑᥣᥲ verb (to put to death)

Tajik

1 entries

куштан verb (to put to death)

Tamil

1 entries

கொல் verb (to put to death)

Tangut

1 entries

𗜍 verb (to put to death)

Tatar

1 entries

үтерергә verb (to put to death)

Tausug

1 entries

bunu verb (to put to death)

Telugu

1 entries

చంపు verb (to put to death)

Tetum

1 entries

oho verb (to put to death)

Thai

2 entries

ฆ่า verb (to put to death)
ฆ่า verb (to render void)

Tibetan

2 entries

གསོད་པ noun (act of killing)
གསོད verb (to put to death)

Tocharian B

1 entries

kau verb (to put to death)

Tok Pisin

1 entries

kilim verb (to put to death)

Tongan

1 entries

tāmate'i verb (to put to death)

Turkish

2 entries

öldürme noun (act of killing)
öldürmek verb (to put to death)

Turkmen

1 entries

öldürmek verb (to put to death)

Tuvan

1 entries

өлүрер verb (to put to death)

Udmurt

1 entries

виыны verb (to put to death)

Ugaritic

1 entries

𐎅𐎗𐎂 verb (to put to death)

Ukrainian

4 entries

вби́ти verb (to put to death)
вбива́ти verb (to put to death)
уби́ти verb (to put to death)
убива́ти verb (to put to death)

Upper Sorbian

2 entries

kóncować verb (to put to death)
skóncować verb (to put to death)

Urdu

4 entries

قتل noun (act of killing)
قتل کرنا verb (to put to death)
مار ڈالنا verb (to put to death)
مارنا verb (to put to death)

Uyghur

1 entries

ئۆلتۈرمەك verb (to put to death)

Uzbek

1 entries

oʻldirmoq verb (to put to death)

Venetan

3 entries

copar verb (to put to death)
masar verb (to put to death)
maẑar verb (to put to death)

Vietnamese

2 entries

giết noun (act of killing)
giết verb (to put to death)

Volapük

1 entries

deidön verb (to put to death)

Walloon

1 entries

touwer verb (to put to death)

Welsh

1 entries

lladd verb (to put to death)

West-Frisian

4 entries

dea noun (result of killing)
deadzje noun (act of killing)
fermoardzje noun (act of killing)
moard noun (result of killing)

White Hmong

1 entries

tua verb (to put to death)

Wu Chinese

1 entries

殺 /杀 verb (to put to death)

Xiang Chinese

1 entries

殺 /杀 verb (to put to death)

Yakut

1 entries

өлөр verb (to put to death)

Yiddish

4 entries

אַוועקהרגענען verb (to put to death)
אַוועקלייגן verb (to put to death)
אומברענגען verb (to put to death)
טייטן verb (to put to death)

Yurok

1 entries

sermertek' verb (to put to death)

Zazaki

3 entries

kıştena noun (result of killing)
kıştış noun (act of killing)
kışten verb (to put to death)

Zealandic

1 entries

doôddoeë verb (to put to death)

Zhuang

1 entries

gaj verb (to put to death)

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I'd be unhappy, but I wouldn't kill myself.

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I was trying to kill time.

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That way I kill two birds with one stone.

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Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

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