232. Killing
See also 112. DEATH .
- acaricide
- a substance or preparation for killing mites or ticks.
- Aceldama
- a place of bloodshed, so called after the field purchased by Judas with the bribe he received for betraying Christ.
- amicicide
- Rare. 1. the murder of one friend by another.
- 2. the killer of a friend.
- androphonomania
- a homicidal mania.
- avicide
- the killing of birds.
- bactericide
- a substance for killing bacteria.
- decollation
- the act of decapitation; beheading or being beheaded. — decoilator , n .
- defenestration
- the act of hurling from a window, especially people.
- euthanasia
- 1. the act of putting to death without pain a person incurably ill or suffering great pain; mercy killing.
- 2. an easy, painless death. —euthanasic , adj.
- felo-de-se
- 1. the act of suicide.
- 2. a person who commits suicide.
- fratricide
- 1. the killing of one’s brother.
- 2. a person who has killed his brother. —fratricidal , adj.
- fungicide
- a substance that kills fungi or retards the growth of spores.
- genocide
- the killing of an entire people or of a very large number of a people. —genocidal , adj.
- germicide
- any substance for killing germs, especially bacteria. —germicidal , adj.
- giganticide
- 1. the killing of a giant.
- 2. a person who kills giants.
- hecatomb
- 1. a sacrifice of one hundred oxen at one time, as in ancient Greece.
- 2. any slaughter on a large scale; a massacre.
- herbicide
- a substance for killing unwanted plant growth.
- holocaust
- 1. a burnt offering or sacrifice.
- 2. large-scale destruction by fire or other violent means.
- homicide
- 1. a general term for murder; the killing of another human being.
- 2. the murderer of another. —homicidal , adj.
- homicidomania
- a mania for murder.
- immolation
- the process of sacrificing, espeeially by flre. —immolator , n .
- infanticide
- 1. the murder of infants.
- 2. a person who kills infants. — infanticidal , adj.
- insecticide
- a substance used for killing insects. —insecticidal , adj.
- jugulation
- the act of cutting a person’s throat. See also 350. REMEDIES .
- lapidation
- the process or act of pelting with stones, sometimes as a form of execution.
- macropicide
- the killing of kangaroos.
- mactation
- the act of killing something for the purpose of sacrifice.
- mariticide
- 1. the killing of one’s husband.
- 2. a person who has killed her husband. — mariticidal , adj.
- matricide
- 1. the killing of one’s mother.
- 2. a person who has killed his mother. —matricidal , adj.
- microbicide
- a substance that kills microbes.
- miticide
- a substance for killing mites. —miticidal , adj.
- occision
- Obsolete, a killing or an act of killing.
- parricidism
- 1. the murder of a parent or close relative.
- 2. one who has killed a parent or close relative. —parricidal , adj.
- patricide
- 1. the killing of one’s father.
- 2. a person who has killed his father. —patricidal , adj.
- pesticide
- any chemical substance used for killing pests, as insects, weeds, etc.
- regicidism
- the murder of a king. —regicide , n . —regicidal , adj.
- rodenticide
- a substance that kills rodents.
- scaphism
- a punishment in old Persia, in which criminals were imprisoned in a log or hollow tree. The head, arms, and legs of a victim were left exposed and smeared with honey to attract insects.
- sororicide
- 1. the killing of one’s sister.
- 2. a person who has killed his sister. —sororicidal , adj.
- spermicide
- a substance or preparation used for killing sperm, used in contraception. —spermicidal , adj.
- suicide
- 1. the killing of oneself.
- 2. one who has killed himself. —suicidal , adj.
- suttee
- 1. the suicide of a Hindu widow by immolation on the funeral pyre of her husband.
- 2. a Hindu widow who died by suttee.
- taeniacide, teniacide
- an agent or preparation for killing tapeworms. —taeniacidal, teniacidal , adj.
- tyrannicide
- 1. the killing of a tyrant.
- 2. the killer of a tyrant. —tyrannicidal , adj.
- uxoricide
- 1. the killing of one’s wife.
- 2. a person who has killed his wife. —uxoricidal , adj.
- vaticide
- the killing of a prophet. — vaticidal , adj.
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