RITUAL KILLING Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the phrase ritual killing. (close relations)
Definition of RITUAL KILLING
Best Alternative Words for RITUAL KILLING
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| sacrifice | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. • personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective) • a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value • the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity • (baseball) an out that advances the base runners verb • endure the loss of • kill or destroy • sell at a loss • make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals | ||||||||
| bloodbath | nounn | |||||||
noun • indiscriminate slaughter | ||||||||
| butchery | nounn | |||||||
noun • a building where animals are butchered • the business of a butcher • the savage and excessive killing of many people | ||||||||
| execution | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • putting a condemned person to death • the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it • (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer • (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 • 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 • the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order • unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being | ||||||||
| immolation | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • killing or offering as a sacrifice | ||||||||
| slaying | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being | ||||||||
