#killing__putting_to_death the act of terminating a life
supertype: termination__ending__conclusion the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"
subtype: deathblow__coupdegrace the blow that kills (usually mercifully)
subtype: death.killing the act of killing; "he had two deaths on his conscience"
subtype: euthanasia__mercy_killing__mercykilling the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)
subtype: manslaughter unlawful killing of a human being without malice
subtype: chance-medley unpremeditated killing of a human being in self defense
subtype: murder__homicide__slaying unlawful premeditated killing of a human being
subtype: bloodshed__blood__gore the shedding of blood resulting in murder; "he avenged the blood of his kinsmen"
subtype: parricide murder of your own parents
subtype: matricide murder of your mother
subtype: patricide murder of your father
subtype: elimination.murder__liquidation the murder of a competitor
subtype: carnage__slaughter__butchery the savage and excessive killing of people
subtype: bloodbath__bloodletting__bloodshed__battue indiscriminate slaughter
subtype: assassination murder of a public figure by surprise attack
subtype: dry-gulching__drygulching the act of killing from ambush
subtype: fratricide the act of murdering your own brother or sister
subtype: hit.murder a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate; "it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit"
subtype: infanticide murdering an infant
subtype: shoot-down__shootdown murder by shooting someone down in cold blood
subtype: tyrannicide killing a tyrant
subtype: thuggee murder and robbery by thugs
subtype: dispatch__despatch the murder or execution of someone
subtype: fell the act of felling something (as a tree)
subtype: immolation killing as a sacrificial act
subtype: self-annihilation__suicide__self-destruction the act of killing yourself
subtype: assisted_suicide suicide of a terminally ill person that involves an assistant who serves to make dying as painless and dignified as possible
subtype: felo-de-se an act of deliberate self destruction
subtype: harakiri__hara-kiri__harikari (Japan) ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by warriors in the traditional Japanese society
subtype: suttee the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband
subtype: slaughter the killing of animals (as for food)
subtype: lynching putting to death by mob action without due process of law
subtype: poisoning killing by the administration of poison
subtype: gassing the deliberate act of poisoning someone with gas
subtype: regicide the act of killing a king
subtype: shooting killing by gunfire; "when the shooting stopped there were three dead bodies"
subtype: drive-by_shooting shooting someone from a car as it is driven past the victim
subtype: wing_shooting shooting game birds that are flying (on the wing)
subtype: suffocation__asphyxiation killing by depriving of oxygen
subtype: strangling__choking__strangulation__throttling the act of suffocating by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused"
subtype: ritual_killing__sacrifice the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
subtype: hecatomb a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen
subtype: immolation.ritual_killing to kill as a sacrifice by fire
subtype: electrocution killing by electric shock
subtype: decapitation__beheading killing by cutting off the head
subtype: genocide__race_murder__racial_extermination systematic killing of a racial or cultural group
subtype: Holocaust__final_solution__finalsolution the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler
subtype: massacre__mass_murder the wanton killing of many people
instance: Battle_of_the_Little_Bighorn__Little_Bighorn__Battle_of_Little_Bighorn__Custer's_Last_Stand
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