S: (v) kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly) "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"
S: (v) dispatch (kill without delay) "the traitor was dispatched by the conspirators"
S: (v) zap, vaporize (kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting) "in this computer game, space travellers are vaporized by aliens"
S: (v) sacrifice (kill or destroy) "The animals were sacrificed after the experiment"; "The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment"
S: (v) destroy, put down (put (an animal) to death) "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"; "the sick cat had to be put down"
S: (v) exterminate, kill off (kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many) "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"
S: (v) smother, asphyxiate, suffocate (deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing) "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"
S: (v) strangle, strangulate, throttle (kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air) "he tried to strangulate his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"
S: (v) assassinate (murder; especially of socially prominent persons) "Anwar Sadat was assassinated because many people did not like his peace politics with Israel"
S: (v) execute, put to death (kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment) "In some states, criminals are executed"
S: (v) draw, quarter, draw and quarter (pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him) "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes"
S: (v) lynch (kill without legal sanction) "The blood-thirsty mob lynched the alleged killer of the child"
S: (v) electrocute, fry (kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair) "The serial killer was electrocuted"
S: (v) punish, penalize, penalise (impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on) "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"
S: (v) revenge, avenge, retaliate (take revenge for a perceived wrong) "He wants to avenge the murder of his brother"
S: (v) tar-and-feather (smear the body of (someone) with tar and feathers; done in some societies as punishment) "The thief was tarred and feathered"
S: (v) execute, put to death (kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment) "In some states, criminals are executed"
S: (v) execute (carry out the legalities of) "execute a will or a deed"
S: (v) run, execute (carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine) "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction"
S: (v) perform, execute, do (carry out or perform an action) "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance"
S: (v) execute (sign in the presence of witnesses) "The President executed the treaty"