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massacre collapse: kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda"

bloodbath collapse: indiscriminate slaughter; "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"; "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"; "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder"; "a huge prison battue was ordered"

foul play collapse: unfair or treacherous behavior (especially involving violence)

stoning collapse: pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death)

holocaust collapse: an act of great destruction and loss of life; the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler

bloodshed collapse: the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen"

slaughter collapse: the killing of animals (as for food); the savage and excessive killing of many people

poisoning collapse: the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill; the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance

elimination collapse: the murder of a competitor; the act of removing or getting rid of something; the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations; analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives; the bodily process of discharging waste matter

suicide collapse: the act of killing yourself; "it is a crime to commit suicide"; a person who kills himself intentionally

bumble collapse: speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"

euthanasia collapse: the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)

crucifixion collapse: the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering; the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross; the death of Jesus on the cross

hemlock collapse: an evergreen tree; soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock; large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous; poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; "Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock"

execution collapse: the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order; "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy"; putting a condemned person to death; a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out; (law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable; (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer

bloodletting collapse: formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)

liquidation collapse: termination of a business operation by using its assets to discharge its liabilities

butcher collapse: a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market; a brutal indiscriminate murderer; a retailer of meat; kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"

destruction collapse: the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists; an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something

gallows collapse: an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging

hot seat collapse: a difficult position where you are subjected to stress and criticism

garrote collapse: an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation; strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain"

muff collapse: a warm tubular covering for the hands; fail to catch, as of a ball

exterminate collapse: kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"

gas chamber collapse: instrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which poison gas is introduced; used to kill people or animals

suttee collapse: the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband

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