6
removal(noun, killing, elimination, expulsion)
6
shoot(verb, meet, discharge, hit, top)
6
smother(verb, get, hit, destroy, kill)
5
extinguish(verb, destroy, crush, kill, eliminate)
5
abolish(verb, remove, reject, disregard, discharge)
5
asphyxiate(verb, get, hit, destroy, kill)
5
atrocity(outrage, massacre, killing)
5
dispose of(verb, expression, phrasal verb, remove, reject)
5
electrocute(verb, get, hit, destroy, kill)
5
hang(verb, get, hit, destroy, kill)
5
lynch(verb, get, hit, destroy, kill)
5
pogrom(noun, slaughter, massacre, killing, extermination)
5
snuff(verb, get, hit, destroy, waste)
5
spoil(verb, kill, slaughter, execute, slay)
5
zap(verb, phrasal verb, take, get, help)
4
blot out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, remove, reject)
4
crime(noun, wrong, slaughter, assault, corruption)
4
death(noun, slaughter, killing, shooting, homicide)
4
decapitate(verb, kill, slaughter, execute, slay)
4
decimation(noun, slaughter, destruction, massacre, killing)
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