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

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

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

martyrdom collapse: death that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or cause

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

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

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

murder collapse: unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being; kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

gore collapse: a triangular piece of cloth; coagulated blood from a wound; Vice President of the United States under Bill Clinton (born in 1948); wound by piercing with a sharp or penetrating object or instrument; cut into gores; "gore a skirt"

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

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

shooting collapse: the act of firing a projectile; "his shooting was slow but accurate"; killing someone by gunfire; "when the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies"

deadly collapse: (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect; causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness"; of an instrument of certain death; "deadly poisons"; "lethal weapon"; "a lethal injection"; involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; "the seven deadly sins"; extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite"; as if produced by death; "deadly pale"; "a deadly paralytic stroke"; as if dead

killing collapse: the act of terminating a life; an event that causes someone to die; a very large profit; very funny; "a killing joke"; "sidesplitting antics"

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

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