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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
kill
1 killing people
2 different ways of killing
killing animals ANIMAL
see also DIE
1 killing people
- to cause sb to die: kill (sb)
She was killed instantly in the crash. ◎ Smoking kills.
- a person who kills: killer
- something that can cause death is deadly, lethal
a lethal mixture of drugs
- something that actually causes death is fatal
The illness is not usually fatal.
- to kill sb illegally and on purpose: murder sb; noun (C/U): murder
This man had committed three murders. ◎ It was a case of murder.
- a man/woman who commits a murder: murderer/murderess
a convicted murderer
- to kill a particular person for political reasons: assassinate sb; noun (C/U): assassination
- a person who assassinates sb: assassin
- the crime of killing without intending to do so: (formal) manslaughter (noun U)
to commit manslaughter
- any kind of killing of one person by another: (formal) homicide (noun U)
a homicide investigation
- the act of killing yourself: suicide (noun C/U); to kill yourself: commit suicide, take* your own life
She committed suicide by taking an overdose. ◎ The police think that he took his own life.
- involving a lot of killing: bloody
a bloody battle
- the killing or wounding of people: bloodshed (noun U)
Our aim is to avoid further bloodshed.
- the killing of a large number of people: massacre; verb: massacre people
- the killing of a large number of people in a cruel way: slaughter (noun U); verb: slaughter people
the slaughter of innocent civilians
- killing (and other violent acts) for political purposes: terrorism (noun U)
an act of terrorism
- a person who kills (or does other violent acts) for political purposes: terrorist
- punishment by being killed: capital punishment (noun U), the death penalty
He received the death penalty.
※ different kinds of punishment PUNISH
2 different ways of killing
- to kill by squeezing the neck or throat with hands, rope etc: strangle sb/sth; noun (U): strangulation; a person who strangles sb: strangler
- to kill by stopping a person breathing: suffocate sb; noun (U): suffocation
- to kill by keeping sb/sth under water: drown sb/sth
- to kill by electricity: electrocute sb/sth; noun (U): electrocution
- to kill with a gun: shoot* sb/sth
※ using a gun GUN
- something that causes death or illness if you eat, drink or touch it is poisonous, (formal) toxic
poisonous fruit ◎ a snake's poisonous bite ◎ The factory was giving off toxic smoke.
- to kill by using poison: poison sb/sth; a person who poisons sb: poisoner
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- painless killing of people who are suffering: euthanasia (noun U)
- the killing of a race or group of people: genocide (noun U)
- sb who is killed because of their beliefs: martyr; the killing of sb because of their beliefs: martyrdom (noun U)
a Christian martyr ◎ to suffer martyrdom
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