| antibacterial |
active in killing bacteria. |
| antisepsis |
the killing of microorganisms that cause disease or decay. |
| biocide |
any substance capable of killing living organisms. |
| bounty |
a reward or payment for catching outlaws or killing certain kinds of wild animals. [1/2 definitions] |
| butcher |
someone who prepares animals for sale as meat by killing or dressing them. [1/6 definitions] |
| butchery |
brutal and senseless killing; slaughter. [1/3 definitions] |
| carnage |
the mass killing of people; slaughter. |
| -cide |
act of killing. [1/2 definitions] |
| cull |
to reduce the size of (a group of animals) by killing. [1/5 definitions] |
| dispatch |
the act of killing. [1/7 definitions] |
| euthanasia |
the act of putting to a painless death a person or animal suffering from a painful, incurable disease or injury; mercy killing. |
| fly swatter |
a device for killing insects, particularly flies, consisting of a flat rectangular mesh attached to a long handle. |
| fratricide |
the killing of a brother by his sibling. [1/2 definitions] |
| germicide |
a substance capable of killing or used to kill germs. |
| holocaust |
(capitalized) the killing of millions of Jews and members of other groups by Nazis during the Second World War. [1/2 definitions] |
| homicide |
the act of killing another person; murder. [1/2 definitions] |
| hunt |
an act or instance of finding and killing wild animals. [1/5 definitions] |
| hunting |
the act or sport of chasing wild animals for the purpose of capturing or killing them. |
| ibuprofen |
a type of pain-killing drug used esp. in the treatment of arthritis, and marketed as an alternative to aspirin. |
| immolation |
an act or instance of killing as a sacrifice, esp. by burning. |
| kill1 |
the act or process of killing. [1/6 definitions] |