Definition of killing

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Killing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Kil.

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Chase :: Chase (v.) Vehement pursuit for the purpose of killing or capturing, as of an enemy, or game; an earnest seeking after any object greatly desired; the act or habit of hunting; a hunt..
Assassination :: Assassination (n.) The act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence.
Stalk :: Stalk (v. t.) To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game..
Chance-medley :: Chance-medley (n.) The killing of another in self-defense upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter. See Chaud-Medley.
Episcopicide :: Episcopicide (n.) The killing of a bishop.
Giganticide :: Giganticide (n.) The act of killing, or one who kills, a giant..
Butchering :: Butchering (n.) The act of slaughtering; the act of killing cruelly and needlessly.
Nip :: Nip (n.) A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
Massacre :: Massacre (n.) The killing of a considerable number of human beings under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty, or contrary to the usages of civilized people; as, the massacre on St. Bartholomew's Day..
Tyrannicide :: Tyrannicide (n.) The act of killing a tyrant.
Shot :: Shot (n.) Small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, -- used chiefly for killing game; as, bird shot; buckshot..
Manbote :: Manbote (n.) A sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing his man (that is, his vassal, servant, or tenant)..
Trucidation :: Trucidation (n.) The act of killing.
Birdbolt :: Birdbolt (n.) A short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them.
Vulpicide :: Vulpicide (n.) One who kills a fox, except in hunting; also, the act of so killing a fox..
Girdler :: Girdler (n.) An American longicorn beetle (Oncideres cingulatus) which lays its eggs in the twigs of the hickory, and then girdles each branch by gnawing a groove around it, thus killing it to provide suitable food for the larvae..
Manslaughter :: Manslaughter (n.) The unlawful killing of a man, either in negligenc/ or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger..
Burkism :: Burkism (n.) The practice of killing persons for the purpose of selling their bodies for dissection.
Deicide :: Deicide (n.) The act of killing a being of a divine nature; particularly, the putting to death of Jesus Christ..
Chaud-medley :: Chaud-medley (n.) The killing of a person in an affray, in the heat of blood, and while under the influence of passion, thus distinguished from chance-medley or killing in self-defense, or in a casual affray..
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