Execution
Murder
Murder noun - The intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life.
Usage example: arrested for attempting to commit murder
Execution is a synonym for murder in killing topic. You can use "Execution" instead the word "Murder" as a noun or an adjective, if it concerns topics such as gangland slaying.
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How words are described
| mass | mass execution | mass murder |
| perfect | perfect execution | perfect murder |
| ritual | ritual execution | ritual murder |
| single | single execution | single murder |
| Other adjectives: brutal, actual, real, successful, supposed, possible, gruesome, apparent, casual, outright, random, subsequent, double, impending, last, eventual, different, grisly, faked, planned, horrific. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Too bad that poor Makoto is having an emotional breakdown under the shower spray and he's having flashbacks to the really bloody first murder and execution of the plot.
Source: Fan Disservice / Anime - However if someone does kill, that also means two deaths- a murder and execution victim.
Source: Roleplay / Astral Cabal - The ballet begins and ends with Lizzie facing execution after being found guilty of murder, a deviation from history that De Mille explained in Lizzie Borden: A Dance of Death.
Source: Theatre / Fall River Legend
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