15
manslaughter(noun, slaughter, destruction, crime, massacre)
15
execution(noun, killing)
15
liquidation(noun, end, ruin, offensive, extinction)
15
waste(verb, phrasal verb, take, get, help)
14
exterminate(verb, get, remove, reject, disregard)
14
hit(noun, verb, get, help, discharge)
13
annihilate(verb, get, beat, remove, reject)
13
butchery(noun, violence, slaughter, massacre, killing)
13
extermination(noun, end, ruin, offensive, violence)
13
mangle(verb, destroy, crush, kill, slaughter)
13
polish off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, get, hit)
12
annihilation(noun, end, ruin, violence, extinction)
12
ice(verb, hit, top, waste, kill)
11
do away with(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, get)
11
eradicate(verb, get, remove, reject, disregard)
11
knock off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, take, help)
10
put away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, take, get)
10
wipe out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, take, get)
10
mutilate(verb, destroy, crush, kill, slay)
10
put to death(verb, expression, idiom, get, remove)
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