Hypernyms for "kill"

annihilate asphyxiate asphyxiation assassinate behead beheading brain bump off butcher carry off commit suicide coup de grace death deathblow decapitate decapitation decimate decollate despatch destroy dismember dispatch do in draw draw and quarter drown electrocute electrocution eliminate eradicate erase euthanasia execute exterminate extinguish fell fry genocide hit homicide impale kill off knock off lapidate liquidate lynch martyr massacre mercy killing mow down murder neutralise neutralize off overlay overlie pip poison poisoning polish off put away put down put to death put to sleep quarter race murder racial extermination remove ritual killing saber sabre sacrifice self-annihilation self-destruction shed blood shoot slaughter slay smother stake stone strangle strangulate strike down suffocate suffocation suicide take off throttle tomahawk vaporize waste wipe out zap