3
garrotte(verb, strangle)
3
muffle(verb, stop, restrain, curb, suppress)
3
quash(verb, hide, contain, conceal, retain)
3
stop the breath(expression, idiom, killing)
2
assassinate(verb, get, hit, destroy, kill)
2
butcher(verb, destroy, kill, shoot, slaughter)
2
chill(verb, destroy, kill, shoot, slaughter)
2
choke off(verb, expression, phrasal verb)
2
clog(block, fill, stifle, smother, throttle)
2
congest(block, fill, stifle, smother, throttle)
2
cork(verb, stop, restrain, curb, suppress)
2
crush(verb, kill, overwhelm, overpower, disable)
2
dispatch(verb, get, destroy, kill, shoot)
2
eliminate(verb, destroy, kill, shoot, slaughter)
2
execute(verb, get, hit, destroy, kill)
2
exterminate(verb, get, hit, destroy, kill)
2
foul
2
hold down
2
liquidate(verb, get, hit, destroy, kill)
2
massacre(verb, get, hit, destroy, kill)
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