Akademik

putting to death
noun
the act of terminating a life
Syn: ↑killing, ↑kill
Derivationally related forms: ↑kill (for: ↑kill), ↑kill (for: ↑killing)
Hypernyms: ↑termination, ↑ending, ↑conclusion
Hyponyms:
deathblow, ↑coup de grace, ↑death, ↑euthanasia, ↑mercy killing, ↑homicide, ↑dispatch, ↑despatch, ↑fell, ↑suicide, ↑self-destruction, ↑self-annihilation, ↑slaughter, ↑poisoning, ↑suffocation, ↑asphyxiation, ↑sacrifice, ↑ritual killing, ↑electrocution, ↑decapitation, ↑beheading, ↑genocide, ↑race murder, ↑racial extermination

Useful english dictionary. 2012.