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1 murder
['mə:də] 1. noun1) ((an act of) killing a person on purpose and illegally: The police are treating his death as a case of murder; an increase in the number of murders.) morð2) (any killing or causing of death that is considered as bad as this: the murder of innocent people by terrorists.) morð2. verb(to kill (a person) on purpose and illegally: He murdered two children.) myrða- murderer- murderous
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2 slaughter
['slo:tə] 1. noun1) (the killing of people or animals in large numbers, cruelly and usually unnecessarily: Many people protested at the annual slaughter of seals.) slátrun; blóðsúthelling2) (the killing of animals for food: Methods of slaughter must be humane.) slátrun2. verb1) (to kill (animals) for food: Thousands of cattle are slaughtered here every year.) slátra2) (to kill in a cruel manner, especially in large numbers.) brytja niður, strádrepa3) (to criticize unmercifully or defeat very thoroughly: Our team absolutely slaughtered the other side.) slátra• -
3 aspirin
['æspərin](a (tablet of a) kind of pain-killing drug: The child has a fever - give her some/an aspirin.) aspirín -
4 bloodthirsty
1) (eager to kill people: a bloodthirsty warrior.) blóðþyrstur2) ((of a film etc) full of scenes in which there is much killing.) ofbeldis-, blóðidrifin -
5 cull
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6 euthanasia
[ju:Ɵə'neiziə](the painless killing of someone who is suffering from a painful and incurable illness: Many old people would prefer euthanasia to the suffering they have to endure.) líknardráp -
7 execution
[-ʃən]1) ((an act of) killing by law: The judge ordered the execution of the murderer.) aftaka2) (the act of executing (orders or skilled movements etc).) framkvæmd -
8 genocide
(the deliberate killing of a race of people.) þjóðarmorð -
9 hanging
noun (the (act of) killing a criminal by hanging.) henging -
10 harpoon
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11 homicide
(the killing of one person by another: He has been found guilty of homicide.) manndráp -
12 insecticide
noun (a substance (usually in powder or liquid form) for killing insects.) skordÿraeitur -
13 kill
[kil] 1. verb(to cause the death of: He killed the rats with poison; The outbreak of typhoid killed many people; The flat tyre killed our hopes of getting home before midnight.) drepa, gera að engu2. noun(an act of killing: The hunter was determined to make a kill before returning to the camp.) dráp- killer- kill off
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14 kill time
(to find something to do to use up spare time: I'm just killing time until I hear whether I've got a job or not.) drepa tímann -
15 manslaughter
noun (the crime of killing someone, without intending to do so: He was found guilty of manslaughter.) manndráp -
16 massacre
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17 patricide
1) (the act of killing one's father.) föðurmorð2) (a person who does such an act.) föðurmorðingi -
18 sanctuary
['sæŋk uəri]plural - sanctuaries; noun1) (a holy or sacred place: the sanctuary of the god Apollo.) heilagur staður, helgistaður2) (a place of safety from eg arrest: In earlier times a criminal could use a church as a sanctuary.) griðastaður3) (an area of land in which the killing of wild animals etc is forbidden: a bird sanctuary.) verndarsvæði -
19 suicide
1) (the/an act of killing oneself deliberately: She committed suicide; an increasing number of suicides.) sjálfsmorð2) (a person who kills himself deliberately.) sjálfsmorðingi•- suicidal- suicidally -
20 suspect
1. [sə'spekt] verb1) (to think (a person etc) guilty: Whom do you suspect (of the crime)?; I suspect him of killing the girl.) gruna2) (to distrust: I suspected her motives / air of honesty.) tortryggja3) (to think probable: I suspect that she's trying to hide her true feelings; I began to suspect a plot.) gruna2. noun(a person who is thought guilty: There are three possible suspects in this murder case.) maður sem er grunaður um e-ð3. adjective(not trustworthy: I think his statement is suspect.) grunsamlegur- suspicious
- suspiciously
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Killing — es una fotonovela italiana inspirada en el personaje de fumetto nero llamado Kriminal. Killing se presenta como un asesino amoral que utiliza cualquier medio para lograr sus perversos fines. La violencia y el erotismo tomados del fumetto nero se… … Wikipedia Español
Killing — ist der Name von: dem Mathematiker Wilhelm Killing und dem nach ihm benannten Killing Feld dem Esperantologen Claus Killing Günkel dem Film Die Rechnung ging nicht auf (Originaltitel: The Killing) aus dem Jahr 1956 Katastralgemeinden (Oberkilling … Deutsch Wikipedia
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killing — I noun annihilation, assassination, bloody murder, decimation, destruction, elimination, execution, extermination, homicide, liquidation, massacre, murder, murderous assault, slaughter, slaughtering, slaying, violent death associated concepts:… … Law dictionary
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killing — ► NOUN ▪ an act of causing death. ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ overwhelming or unbearable. ● make a killing Cf. ↑make a killing … English terms dictionary
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Killing — Kill ing, a. Literally, that kills; having power to kill; fatal; in a colloquial sense, conquering; captivating; irresistible. {Kill ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] Those eyes are made so killing. Pope. [1913 Webster] Nothing could be more killingly … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
killing — [kil′iŋ] adj. 1. causing, or able to cause, death; destructive; deadly 2. exhausting; fatiguing 3. Informal very funny or comical n. 1. the act or an instance of murder, destruction, etc. ☆ 2. Informal a sudden, great profit or success [to make a … English World dictionary
killing — (adj.) mid 15c., prp. adjective from KILL (Cf. kill) (v.). Meaning very funny is from 1844. As a noun, large profit, 1886, American English slang … Etymology dictionary
killing — [n] murder assassination, bloodshed, bumping off*, capital punishment, carnage, execution, extermination, homicide, manslaughter, massacre, slaughter, slaying; concepts 192,252 … New thesaurus
