putting to death

Thesaurus

Noun

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putting to death - the act of terminating a life         kill, killing ending, termination, conclusion - the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement" coup de grace, deathblow - the blow that kills (usually mercifully) death - the act of killing; "he had two deaths on his conscience" euthanasia, mercy killing - the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness) homicide - the killing of a human being by another human being despatch, dispatch - killing a person or animal fell - the act of felling something (as a tree) self-annihilation, self-destruction, suicide - the act of killing yourself; "it is a crime to commit suicide" slaughter - the killing of animals (as for food) poisoning - the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill suffocation, asphyxiation - killing by depriving of oxygen ritual killing, sacrifice - the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity electrocution - killing by electric shock beheading, decapitation - killing by cutting off the head genocide, race murder, racial extermination - systematic killing of a racial or cultural group