boy
{
"results": [
{
"definition": "a male human offspring",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"synonyms": [
"son"
],
"typeOf": [
"male offspring",
"man-child"
],
"hasTypes": [
"jr",
"mother's boy",
"mamma's boy",
"mama's boy",
"junior",
"jnr"
],
"hasInstances": [
"esau"
],
"antonyms": [
"girl"
],
"examples": [
"his boy is taller than he is"
]
},
{
"definition": "a youthful male person",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"synonyms": [
"male child"
],
"typeOf": [
"male person",
"male"
],
"hasTypes": [
"farm boy",
"fauntleroy",
"little lord fauntleroy",
"ploughboy",
"plowboy",
"schoolboy",
"scout",
"sonny boy",
"sonny",
"laddie",
"lad",
"cub",
"bat boy",
"ball boy",
"altar boy",
"shop boy",
"catamite"
],
"antonyms": [
"girl"
],
"derivation": [
"boyhood"
],
"examples": [
"the baby was a boy",
"she made the boy brush his teeth every night",
"most soldiers are only boys in uniform"
]
},
{
"definition": "a friendly informal reference to a grown man",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"typeOf": [
"man",
"adult male"
],
"hasTypes": [
"broth of a boy",
"broth of a man",
"one of the boys"
],
"examples": [
"he likes to play golf with the boys"
]
}
],
"syllables": {
"count": 1,
"list": [
"boy"
]
},
"pronunciation": {
"all": "bɔɪ"
}
}
catamite
{
"results": [
{
"definition": "a boy who submits to a sexual relationship with a man",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"typeOf": [
"boy",
"male child"
]
}
],
"syllables": {
"count": 3,
"list": [
"cat",
"a",
"mite"
]
},
"pronunciation": {
"all": "'kætə,maɪt"
}
}
relationship
{
"results": [
{
"definition": "a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness)",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"synonyms": [
"human relationship"
],
"typeOf": [
"relation"
],
"hasTypes": [
"personal relation",
"partnership",
"personal relationship"
],
"derivation": [
"relation"
],
"examples": [
"the relationship between mothers and their children"
]
},
{
"definition": "(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"synonyms": [
"family relationship",
"kinship"
],
"inCategory": [
"anthropology"
],
"typeOf": [
"relation"
],
"hasTypes": [
"line of descent",
"affinity",
"phylogenetic relation",
"descent",
"filiation",
"lineage",
"blood kinship",
"cognation",
"consanguinity",
"birth",
"parentage",
"fatherhood",
"paternity",
"maternity",
"motherhood",
"sisterhood",
"sistership",
"brotherhood",
"marital bed",
"marital relationship"
],
"derivation": [
"relation"
]
},
{
"definition": "a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"typeOf": [
"state"
],
"hasTypes": [
"friendship",
"membership",
"subjection",
"subjugation",
"association",
"tie",
"tie-up",
"assimilation",
"friendly relationship",
"account",
"business relationship",
"acquaintance",
"acquaintanceship",
"affiliation"
],
"derivation": [
"relation"
]
},
{
"definition": "a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"typeOf": [
"state"
],
"hasTypes": [
"love affair",
"romance",
"anaclisis",
"sexual relationship"
],
"derivation": [
"relation"
],
"examples": [
"he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship"
]
}
],
"syllables": {
"count": 4,
"list": [
"re",
"la",
"tion",
"ship"
]
},
"pronunciation": {
"all": "rɪ'leɪʃən,ʃɪp"
}
}
consanguinity
{
"results": [
{
"definition": "(anthropology) related by blood",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"synonyms": [
"blood kinship",
"cognation"
],
"inCategory": [
"anthropology"
],
"typeOf": [
"family relationship",
"kinship",
"relationship"
],
"antonyms": [
"affinity"
],
"derivation": [
"consanguine"
]
}
],
"syllables": {
"count": 5,
"list": [
"con",
"san",
"guin",
"i",
"ty"
]
},
"pronunciation": {
"all": ",kɑnsæŋ'gwɪnɪti"
}
}
cognation
{
"results": [
{
"definition": "line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"synonyms": [
"enation",
"matrilineage"
],
"typeOf": [
"unilateral descent"
]
},
{
"definition": "(anthropology) related by blood",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"synonyms": [
"blood kinship",
"consanguinity"
],
"inCategory": [
"anthropology"
],
"typeOf": [
"family relationship",
"kinship",
"relationship"
]
}
],
"syllables": {
"count": 3,
"list": [
"cog",
"na",
"tion"
]
},
"pronunciation": {
"all": "kɑɡ'neɪʃən"
}
}
blood
{
"results": [
{
"definition": "the descendants of one individual",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"synonyms": [
"ancestry",
"blood line",
"bloodline",
"descent",
"line",
"line of descent",
"lineage",
"origin",
"parentage",
"pedigree",
"stemma",
"stock"
],
"typeOf": [
"family tree",
"genealogy"
],
"hasTypes": [
"kinsfolk",
"folk",
"family line",
"family",
"phratry",
"kinfolk",
"side",
"sept"
]
},
{
"definition": "a dissolute man in fashionable society",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"synonyms": [
"profligate",
"rake",
"rakehell",
"rip",
"roue"
],
"typeOf": [
"rounder",
"libertine",
"debauchee"
]
},
{
"definition": "people viewed as members of a group",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"typeOf": [
"people"
],
"examples": [
"we need more young blood in this organization"
]
},
{
"definition": "smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"typeOf": [
"daub",
"smear"
]
},
{
"definition": "temperament or disposition",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"typeOf": [
"temperament",
"disposition"
],
"examples": [
"a person of hot blood"
]
},
{
"definition": "the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"inCategory": [
"vertebrate",
"craniate"
],
"typeOf": [
"body fluid",
"bodily fluid",
"humor",
"humour",
"liquid body substance"
],
"hasTypes": [
"arterial blood",
"blood stream",
"lifeblood",
"gore",
"blood type",
"blood group",
"whole blood",
"venous blood",
"menstrual flow",
"menstrual blood",
"menorrhea",
"cord blood",
"grume",
"blood clot",
"bloodstream"
],
"hasParts": [
"blood cell",
"blood corpuscle",
"corpuscle"
],
"hasSubstances": [
"blood serum",
"serum"
],
"derivation": [
"bloody"
],
"examples": [
"blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and carries away waste products",
"the ancients believed that blood was the seat of the emotions"
]
}
],
"syllables": {
"count": 1,
"list": [
"blood"
]
},
"pronunciation": {
"all": "bləd"
}
}
initiation
{
"results": [
{
"definition": "a formal entry into an organization or position or office",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"synonyms": [
"induction",
"installation"
],
"typeOf": [
"ceremonial",
"observance",
"ceremony",
"ceremonial occasion"
],
"hasTypes": [
"bath mitzvah",
"inaugural",
"inauguration",
"coronation",
"enthronement",
"enthronisation",
"enthronization",
"investiture",
"bar mitzvah",
"bas mitzvah",
"bat mitzvah"
],
"derivation": [
"initiate"
],
"examples": [
"his initiation into the club"
]
},
{
"definition": "the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"synonyms": [
"creation",
"foundation",
"founding",
"innovation",
"instauration",
"institution",
"introduction",
"origination"
],
"typeOf": [
"start",
"commencement",
"beginning"
],
"hasTypes": [
"paternity",
"authorship"
],
"derivation": [
"initiate"
],
"examples": [
"she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"
]
},
{
"definition": "an act that sets in motion some course of events",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"synonyms": [
"induction",
"trigger"
],
"typeOf": [
"causing",
"causation"
],
"hasTypes": [
"fomentation",
"instigation"
],
"derivation": [
"initiate"
]
},
{
"definition": "wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"synonyms": [
"knowledgeability",
"knowledgeableness"
],
"typeOf": [
"wisdom",
"wiseness"
],
"examples": [
"his dullness was due to lack of initiation"
]
}
],
"syllables": {
"count": 5,
"list": [
"in",
"i",
"ti",
"a",
"tion"
]
},
"pronunciation": {
"all": "ɪ,nɪʃi'eɪʃən"
}
}
instigation
{
"results": [
{
"definition": "deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord)",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"synonyms": [
"fomentation"
],
"typeOf": [
"induction",
"initiation",
"trigger"
],
"derivation": [
"instigate"
]
},
{
"definition": "the verbal act of urging on",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"synonyms": [
"abetment",
"abettal"
],
"typeOf": [
"encouragement"
],
"derivation": [
"instigate"
]
}
],
"syllables": {
"count": 4,
"list": [
"in",
"sti",
"ga",
"tion"
]
},
"pronunciation": {
"all": ",ɪnstə'ɡeɪʃən"
}
}
trigger
{
"results": [
{
"definition": "put in motion or move to act",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"synonyms": [
"activate",
"actuate",
"set off",
"spark",
"spark off",
"touch off",
"trigger off",
"trip"
],
"cause": [
"pass",
"take place",
"come about",
"fall out",
"go on",
"hap",
"happen",
"occur",
"pass off"
],
"typeOf": [
"pioneer",
"initiate"
],
"examples": [
"trigger a reaction"
]
},
{
"definition": "an act that sets in motion some course of events",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"synonyms": [
"induction",
"initiation"
],
"typeOf": [
"causation",
"causing"
],
"hasTypes": [
"instigation",
"fomentation"
]
},
{
"definition": "lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"synonyms": [
"gun trigger"
],
"typeOf": [
"lever"
],
"hasTypes": [
"hair trigger"
],
"partOf": [
"gun"
]
},
{
"definition": "a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"typeOf": [
"device"
],
"hasTypes": [
"plutonium pit",
"plutonium trigger"
]
},
{
"definition": "release or pull the trigger on",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"entails": [
"discharge",
"fire"
]
}
],
"syllables": {
"count": 2,
"list": [
"trig",
"ger"
]
},
"pronunciation": {
"all": "'trɪɡər"
}
}
gun
{
"results": [
{
"definition": "a pedal that controls the throttle valve",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"synonyms": [
"accelerator",
"accelerator pedal",
"gas",
"gas pedal",
"throttle"
],
"typeOf": [
"pedal",
"treadle",
"foot lever",
"foot pedal"
],
"partOf": [
"motorcar",
"aeroplane",
"airplane",
"plane",
"auto",
"automobile",
"car",
"machine"
]
},
{
"definition": "a professional killer who uses a gun",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"synonyms": [
"gun for hire",
"gunman",
"gunslinger",
"hired gun",
"hit man",
"hitman",
"shooter",
"torpedo",
"triggerman"
],
"typeOf": [
"murderer",
"liquidator",
"manslayer"
]
},
{
"definition": "large but transportable armament",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"synonyms": [
"artillery",
"heavy weapon",
"ordnance"
],
"typeOf": [
"armament"
],
"hasTypes": [
"cannon",
"four-pounder",
"field gun",
"field artillery"
],
"hasParts": [
"gunstock",
"stock"
],
"partOf": [
"battery"
]
},
{
"definition": "a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"synonyms": [
"gunman"
],
"typeOf": [
"shooter",
"shot"
]
},
{
"definition": "a hand-operated pump that resembles a pistol; forces grease into parts of a machine",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"synonyms": [
"grease gun"
],
"typeOf": [
"pump"
]
},
{
"definition": "a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"typeOf": [
"weapon system",
"weapon",
"arm"
],
"hasTypes": [
"cannon",
"spring gun",
"set gun",
"quaker gun",
"minute gun",
"gas gun",
"small-arm",
"firearm",
"breechloader",
"whaling gun",
"air gun",
"air rifle",
"airgun",
"ack-ack",
"ack-ack gun",
"antiaircraft",
"antiaircraft gun",
"flack",
"flak",
"pom-pom",
"piece"
],
"hasParts": [
"gunsight",
"action",
"action mechanism",
"barrel",
"gun barrel",
"cartridge ejector",
"ejector",
"cartridge extractor",
"cartridge remover",
"extractor",
"cartridge clip",
"cartridge holder",
"clip",
"magazine",
"firing chamber",
"gun chamber",
"firing mechanism",
"gunlock",
"gun muzzle",
"muzzle",
"gun-sight",
"gun trigger",
"trigger",
"safety catch",
"safety lock",
"gunstock",
"stock"
]
},
{
"definition": "shoot with a gun",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"typeOf": [
"blast",
"shoot"
],
"hasTypes": [
"machine gun"
],
"also": [
"gun down"
],
"derivation": [
"gunner"
]
},
{
"definition": "the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"inCategory": [
"armed forces",
"military",
"war machine",
"armed services",
"military machine"
],
"typeOf": [
"firing",
"discharge",
"firing off"
],
"examples": [
"two runners started before the gun",
"a twenty gun salute"
]
}
],
"syllables": {
"count": 1,
"list": [
"gun"
]
},
"pronunciation": {
"all": "ɡən"
}
}
shoot
{
"results": [
{
"definition": "make a film or photograph of something",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"synonyms": [
"film",
"take"
],
"inCategory": [
"moving picture",
"movie",
"motion-picture show",
"motion picture",
"flick",
"film",
"moving-picture show",
"picture",
"picture show",
"pic"
],
"typeOf": [
"enter",
"record",
"put down"
],
"hasTypes": [
"reshoot"
],
"verbGroup": [
"photograph",
"snap"
],
"examples": [
"shoot a movie"
]
},
{
"definition": "force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"synonyms": [
"inject"
],
"typeOf": [
"stick in",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"insert",
"introduce",
"put in"
],
"verbGroup": [
"inject"
]
},
{
"definition": "move quickly and violently",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"synonyms": [
"buck",
"charge",
"shoot down",
"tear"
],
"typeOf": [
"bucket along",
"step on it",
"speed",
"rush along",
"rush",
"race",
"pelt along",
"hotfoot",
"hie",
"hasten",
"cannonball along",
"belt along"
],
"hasTypes": [
"rip"
],
"verbGroup": [
"dart",
"dash",
"flash",
"scud",
"scoot"
],
"also": [
"shoot up"
]
},
{
"definition": "hit with a missile from a weapon",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"synonyms": [
"hit",
"pip"
],
"typeOf": [
"injure",
"wound"
],
"hasTypes": [
"kneecap",
"gun down",
"grass"
],
"verbGroup": [
"blast",
"pip",
"hit",
"strike"
],
"derivation": [
"shooter"
]
},
{
"definition": "spend frivolously and unwisely",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"synonyms": [
"dissipate",
"fool",
"fool away",
"fritter",
"fritter away",
"frivol away"
],
"entails": [
"use up",
"wipe out",
"eat",
"deplete",
"consume",
"run through",
"exhaust",
"eat up"
],
"typeOf": [
"squander",
"consume",
"waste",
"ware"
]
},
{
"definition": "run or move very quickly or hastily",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"synonyms": [
"dart",
"dash",
"flash",
"scoot",
"scud"
],
"typeOf": [
"hotfoot",
"belt along",
"bucket along",
"cannonball along",
"hasten",
"hie",
"pelt along",
"race",
"rush",
"rush along",
"speed",
"step on it"
],
"hasTypes": [
"plunge"
],
"verbGroup": [
"tear",
"shoot down",
"charge",
"buck"
]
},
{
"definition": "record on photographic film",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"synonyms": [
"photograph",
"snap"
],
"inCategory": [
"photography",
"picture taking"
],
"typeOf": [
"record",
"enter",
"put down"
],
"hasTypes": [
"retake",
"x-ray"
],
"verbGroup": [
"film",
"take"
]
},
{
"definition": "fire a shot",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"synonyms": [
"blast"
],
"typeOf": [
"discharge",
"fire"
],
"hasTypes": [
"open fire",
"pump",
"gun",
"fire",
"snipe",
"sharpshoot",
"overshoot",
"blaze away",
"blaze"
],
"verbGroup": [
"pip",
"hit"
],
"derivation": [
"shooting",
"shooter"
]
},
{
"definition": "kill by firing a missile",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"synonyms": [
"pip"
],
"typeOf": [
"kill"
],
"hasTypes": [
"flight",
"pick off"
],
"verbGroup": [
"pip",
"hit"
],
"derivation": [
"shooting",
"shooter"
]
},
{
"definition": "give an injection to",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"synonyms": [
"inject"
],
"inCategory": [
"practice of medicine",
"medicine"
],
"typeOf": [
"dispense",
"administer"
],
"hasTypes": [
"immunise",
"inoculate",
"vaccinate",
"immunize",
"infuse"
],
"verbGroup": [
"inject"
]
},
{
"definition": "produce buds, branches, or germinate",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"synonyms": [
"bourgeon",
"burgeon forth",
"germinate",
"pullulate",
"sprout",
"spud"
],
"typeOf": [
"grow"
],
"verbGroup": [
"germinate"
]
},
{
"definition": "a new branch",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"typeOf": [
"sprout"
],
"hasTypes": [
"sucker",
"tiller"
]
},
{
"definition": "cause a sharp and sudden pain in",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"typeOf": [
"smart",
"ache",
"hurt"
]
},
{
"definition": "emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"typeOf": [
"give off",
"emit",
"give out"
]
},
{
"definition": "measure the altitude of by using a sextant",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"typeOf": [
"measure",
"measure out",
"mensurate"
],
"examples": [
"shoot a star"
]
},
{
"definition": "score",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"inCategory": [
"sport",
"athletics"
],
"typeOf": [
"rack up",
"hit",
"tally",
"score"
],
"examples": [
"shoot a basket",
"shoot a goal"
]
},
{
"definition": "send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"typeOf": [
"cast",
"contrive",
"project",
"throw"
],
"examples": [
"shoot a glance"
]
},
{
"definition": "the act of shooting at targets",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"typeOf": [
"shot",
"shooting"
],
"hasTypes": [
"trapshooting",
"skeet shooting",
"skeet"
],
"examples": [
"they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"
]
},
{
"definition": "throw dice, as in a crap game",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"typeOf": [
"throw"
],
"derivation": [
"shooter"
]
},
{
"definition": "throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"typeOf": [
"hit"
],
"hasTypes": [
"dunk",
"birdie",
"double birdie",
"eagle",
"double bogey",
"bogey",
"knuckle",
"break",
"chip",
"carom"
],
"derivation": [
"shooter"
],
"examples": [
"shoot craps",
"shoot a golf ball"
]
},
{
"definition": "utter fast and forcefully",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"typeOf": [
"let out",
"utter",
"let loose",
"emit"
]
},
{
"definition": "variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"typeOf": [
"interweave",
"weave"
],
"examples": [
"shoot cloth"
]
}
],
"syllables": {
"count": 1,
"list": [
"shoot"
]
},
"pronunciation": {
"all": "ʃut"
}
}
kill
{
"results": [
{
"definition": "the act of terminating a life",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"synonyms": [
"killing",
"putting to death"
],
"typeOf": [
"conclusion",
"ending",
"termination"
],
"hasTypes": [
"suicide",
"self-destruction",
"self-annihilation",
"fell",
"dispatch",
"despatch",
"homicide",
"mercy killing",
"euthanasia",
"decapitation",
"suffocation",
"poisoning",
"slaughter",
"genocide",
"race murder",
"death",
"racial extermination",
"deathblow",
"coup de grace",
"beheading",
"electrocution",
"sacrifice",
"ritual killing",
"asphyxiation"
]
},
{
"definition": "mark for deletion, rub off, or erase",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"synonyms": [
"obliterate",
"wipe out"
],
"typeOf": [
"take away",
"take out"
],
"examples": [
"kill these lines in the President's speech"
]
},
{
"definition": "end or extinguish by forceful means",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"synonyms": [
"stamp out"
],
"typeOf": [
"end",
"terminate"
]
},
{
"definition": "thwart the passage of",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"synonyms": [
"defeat",
"shoot down",
"vote down",
"vote out"
],
"typeOf": [
"blackball",
"negative",
"veto"
],
"examples": [
"kill a motion"
]
},
{
"definition": "drink down entirely",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"synonyms": [
"belt down",
"bolt down",
"down",
"drink down",
"pop",
"pour down",
"toss off"
],
"typeOf": [
"imbibe",
"drink"
],
"examples": [
"She killed a bottle of brandy that night"
]
},
{
"definition": "be fatal",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"typeOf": [
"be"
],
"examples": [
"cigarettes kill",
"drunken driving kills"
]
},
{
"definition": "be the source of great pain for",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"typeOf": [
"suffer",
"hurt",
"ache"
],
"derivation": [
"killer"
],
"examples": [
"These new shoes are killing me!"
]
},
{
"definition": "cause the death of, without intention",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"hasTypes": [
"electrocute"
],
"derivation": [
"killing",
"killer"
],
"examples": [
"She was killed in the collision of three cars"
]
},
{
"definition": "cause to cease operating",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"typeOf": [
"turn off",
"cut",
"switch off",
"turn out"
],
"examples": [
"kill the engine"
]
},
{
"definition": "cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"cause": [
"kick the bucket",
"go",
"give-up the ghost",
"expire",
"exit",
"drop dead",
"die",
"decease",
"croak",
"conk",
"choke",
"cash in one's chips",
"buy the farm",
"pass away",
"perish",
"pop off",
"snuff it",
"pass"
],
"hasTypes": [
"hit",
"mow down",
"slaughter",
"erase",
"wipe out",
"butcher",
"poison",
"lapidate",
"stone",
"commit suicide",
"dispatch",
"vaporize",
"zap",
"sacrifice",
"take off",
"tomahawk",
"destroy",
"put down",
"saber",
"sabre",
"overlay",
"overlie",
"brain",
"put away",
"put to sleep",
"do in",
"knock off",
"liquidate",
"neutralise",
"neutralize",
"waste",
"exterminate",
"kill off",
"asphyxiate",
"smother",
"suffocate",
"strangle",
"strangulate",
"throttle",
"behead",
"decapitate",
"decollate",
"impale",
"stake",
"dismember",
"martyr",
"shed blood",
"bump off",
"murder",
"off",
"polish off",
"remove",
"slay",
"assassinate",
"execute",
"put to death",
"draw",
"draw and quarter",
"quarter",
"lynch",
"pip",
"shoot",
"electrocute",
"fry",
"annihilate",
"carry off",
"decimate",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"extinguish",
"drown",
"massacre"
],
"also": [
"kill off"
],
"derivation": [
"killing",
"killable",
"killer"
],
"examples": [
"This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank",
"The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"
]
},
{
"definition": "deprive of life",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"hasTypes": [
"strike down"
],
"examples": [
"AIDS has killed thousands in Africa"
]
},
{
"definition": "destroy a vitally essential quality of or in",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"typeOf": [
"destroy",
"destruct"
],
"examples": [
"Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods"
]
},
{
"definition": "hit with great force",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"inCategory": [
"sport",
"athletics"
],
"typeOf": [
"hit"
],
"examples": [
"He killed the ball"
]
},
{
"definition": "hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"inCategory": [
"athletics",
"sport"
],
"typeOf": [
"hit"
],
"examples": [
"She killed the ball"
]
},
{
"definition": "overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"typeOf": [
"overpower",
"overcome",
"overtake",
"overwhelm",
"sweep over",
"whelm"
],
"examples": [
"The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!"
]
},
{
"definition": "the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"typeOf": [
"body",
"dead body"
]
},
{
"definition": "the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"typeOf": [
"devastation",
"destruction"
],
"examples": [
"the pilot reported two kills during the mission"
]
},
{
"definition": "tire out completely",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"typeOf": [
"tucker",
"exhaust",
"beat",
"wash up",
"tucker out"
],
"examples": [
"The daily stress of her work is killing her"
]
}
],
"syllables": {
"count": 1,
"list": [
"kill"
]
},
"pronunciation": {
"all": "kɪl"
}
}
