Murder


Synonyms for murder
noun killing

homicide
lynching
massacre
felony
crime
destruction
bloodshed
shooting

manslaughter
death
hit
butchery
annihilation
liquidation
blood
off

carnage
foul play
rub out
slaying
assassination
terrorism
knifing
offing

dispatching
one-way ticket
taking out
the business
the works

Synonyms
verb kill

shoot
execute
slay
massacre
slaughter
butcher
exterminate
destroy
assassinate
behead
strangle
decapitate
lynch

asphyxiate
dispatch
mar
guillotine
snuff
ruin
abolish
eliminate
waste
knife
electrocute
finish
hit

liquidate
hang
smother
spoil
misuse
chill
off
cool
drub
defeat
thrash
extinguish
mangle

eradicate
bump off
do in
knock off
put away
rub out
garotte
blot out
dust off
take a life
take for a ride
take out

Antonyms

create
aid
heal
construct
grow
institute
ratify
preserve
heat

warm
guard
protect
bear
give birth
keep
help
build
continue

establish
save
start
lose
light
encourage
inspirit

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    Synonyms for murderer noun person who kills executioner criminal soldier assassin homicide slaughterer killer butcher slayer cutthroat perpetrator enforcer hit person hit-and-run manslaughterer trigger person

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