20
murder(noun, slaughter, destruction, killing, terrorism)
11
execution(noun, killing, gangland slaying)
11
slaying(noun, violence, slaughter, destruction, murder)
10
killing(noun, violence, slaughter, destruction, murder)
9
massacre(noun, violence, slaughter, destruction, murder)
8
liquidation(noun, killing)
7
homicide(noun, killing)
7
slaughter(noun, destruction, murder, massacre, killing)
6
manslaughter(noun, killing)
5
character assassination(noun, expression, idiom)
5
removal(noun, killing)
4
blackwash
4
destruction(noun, violence, murder, killing, terrorism)
4
elimination(noun, killing)
4
extermination(noun, slaughter, murder, massacre, killing)
3
dispatching(noun, violence, destruction, murder, killing)
3
genocide(noun, slaughter, murder, massacre, killing)
3
purge
3
purging(noun, killing)
2
butchery(noun, violence, slaughter, destruction, murder)
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