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  • 71suicide — Synonyms and related words: aborticide, car of Jagannath, disembowelment, felo de se, fratricide, fungicide, genocide, germicide, hara kiri, herbicide, homicide, infanticide, insecticide, mass suicide, matricide, microbicide, parricide, patricide …

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  • 72vermicide — Synonyms and related words: aborticide, acaricide, anthelmintic, antibiotic, antiseptic, bug bomb, carbamate insecticide, chemosterilant, chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide, contact poison, defoliant, disinfectant, eradicant, fratricide,… …

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  • 73killer — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. murderer, assassin, slayer, gunman, gangster, shooter, strangler, poisoner, butcher, executioner, hangman, assassinator, hit man*, manslayer, serial murderer, sniper, electrocutioner, headsman, axman, cutthroat, ruffian,… …

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  • 74parricide — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. patricide, matricide, killing, killer; see crime 2 , killer , murder …

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  • 75Killing and Killers — Anyone who has looked at the news lately knows that the human species seems to have an inordinate propensity for killing things. Similarly, anyone looking at this list of 85 terms relating to killing will quickly realize that humans also have an… …

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  • 76parricide — noun 1 (U) formal the crime of killing your father, mother, or any other close relative 2 (C) technical someone who is guilty of this crime compare matricide, patricide …

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  • 77homicide — noun we re investigating a homicide that took place in this building Syn: murder, killing, slaughter, butchery, massacre; assassination, execution, extermination; patricide, matricide, infanticide; literary slaying …

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  • 78assassin — n 1. murderer, killer, slayer, manslayer, man killer, cutthroat, thug, poisoner, strangler; liquidator, bravo, sniper, gunman, knifer, throttler, Rare. sicarian, Euph. silencer, Euph. dispatcher; All Sl. gun, hired gun, hit man, triggerman,… …

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  • 79homicide — n 1. murder, manslaughter, slaying, killing, bloody or foul killing or slaying, murder most foul, assassination, (in India) thuggee, Sl. hit; patricide, matricide, parricide, fratricide, sororicide, uxoricide, infanticide, regicide, vaticide. See …

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  • 80killer — n 1. slayer, murderer, manslayer, man killer, cutthroat, thug, poisoner, strangler, impaler; assassin, liquidator, bravo, sniper, gunman, knifer, Euph. silencer, Euph. dispatcher; All Sl. gun, hired gun, hit man, triggerman, torpedo, hatchet man; …

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