VIOLENT DEATH Synonyms
There are 14 hypernyms of the phrase violent death. (close relations)
Definition of VIOLENT DEATH
violence
Best Alternative Words for VIOLENT DEATH
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assassination | nounn | |||||||
noun • an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation • murder of a public figure by surprise attack | ||||||||
bloodshed | nounn | |||||||
noun • the shedding of blood resulting in murder • indiscriminate slaughter | ||||||||
elimination | nounn | |||||||
noun • the act of removing or getting rid of something • the bodily process of discharging waste matter • analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives • the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations • the murder of a competitor | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
homicide | nounn | |||||||
noun • the killing of a human being by another human being | ||||||||
manslaughter | nounn | |||||||
noun • homicide without malice aforethought | ||||||||
slaughter | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the killing of animals (as for food) • a sound defeat • the savage and excessive killing of many people verb • kill (animals) usually for food consumption • kill a large number of people indiscriminately | ||||||||
slaying | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being | ||||||||
killing | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an event that causes someone to die • the act of terminating a life • a very large profit adjective satellite • very funny |