Killing
Murder
Murder noun - The intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life.
Usage example: arrested for attempting to commit murder
Killing is a synonym for murder in help topic. You can use "Killing" instead a noun "Murder", if it concerns topics such as criminality, slaughter, involuntary manslaughter. popular alternative
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How words are described
| good | good killing | good murder |
| mass | mass killing | mass murder |
| ritual | ritual killing | ritual murder |
| original | original killing | original murder |
| Other adjectives: brutal, actual, real, violent, cold, senseless, cold-blooded, final, gruesome, apparent, bloody, accidental, outright, random, next, subsequent, double, last, recent, attempted, ritualistic. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Dirty Business: A major theme of the movie is the difference between killing and murder.
Source: Film / The Big Red One - Weed from Ginga Densetsu Weed would often spare a bad dog's life, saying that they're not worth killing and murder is wrong.
Source: Not Worth Killing - In Demon: The Fallen (in the same universe), it's noted that Caine invented murder and the killing of sentients.
Source: Biblical Bad Guy
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