beheading vs kill
kill vs beheadingbeheading and kill both are nouns.
beheading is not a verb while kill is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| beheading | Yes | No | No | No |
| kill | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
kill is a hypernym of
beheading; that is, kill is a
word with a broader meaning than beheading:
- beheading: killing by cutting off the head
- kill: the act of terminating a life
Other hypernyms of beheading include
killing, putting to death.
| beheading (noun) | kill (noun) |
|---|---|
| killing by cutting off the head | the act of terminating a life |
| execution by cutting off the victim's head | the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile |
| the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal |
| beheading (verb) | kill (verb) |
|---|---|
| mark for deletion, rub off, or erase | |
| destroy a vitally essential quality of or in | |
| cause to cease operating | |
| tire out completely | |
| end or extinguish by forceful means | |
| drink down entirely | |
| cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly | |
| cause the death of, without intention | |
| deprive of life | |
| hit with great force | |
| hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games | |
| overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration | |
| be the source of great pain for | |
| thwart the passage of | |
| be fatal |
Words related to "beheading"
Words related to "kill"
- ache
- annihilate
- asphyxiate
- asphyxiation
- assassinate
- athletics
- be
- beat
- behead
- beheading
- belt down
- blackball
- body
- bolt down
- brain
- bump off
- butcher
- buy the farm
- carry off
- cash in one's chips
- choke
- commit suicide
- conclusion
- conk
- coup de grace
- croak
- cut
- dead body
- death
- deathblow
- decapitate
- decapitation
- decease
- decimate
- decollate
- defeat
- depreciation
- derogation
- despatch
- destroy
- destruct
- destruction
- devastation
- die
- dismember
- disparagement
- dispatch
- do in
- down
- draw
- draw and quarter
- dress
- dress out
- drink
- drink down
- drop dead
- drown
- electrocute
- electrocution
- eliminate
- end
- ending
- eradicate
- erase
- euthanasia
- euthanatise
- euthanatize
- euthanise
- euthanize
- execute
- exhaust
- exit
- expire
- exterminate
- extinguish
- fell
- fry
- gank
- genocide
- give-up the ghost
- go
- hit
- homicide
- hurt
- imbibe
- impale
- kick the bucket
- kill
- kill off
- killable
- killer
- killing
- knock off
- lapidate
- liquidate
- lynch
- martyr
- massacre
- mercy kill
- mercy killing
- mow down
- murder
- negative
- neutralise
- neutralize
- obliterate
- off
- overcome
- overlay
- overlie
- overpower
- overtake
- overwhelm
- pass
- pass away
- perish
- pip
- poison
- poisoning
- polish off
- pop
- pop off
- pour down
- put away
- put to death
- put to sleep
- putting to death
- quarter
- race murder
- racial extermination
- remove
- ritual killing
- saber
- sabre
- sacrifice
- self-annihilation
- self-destruction
- shed blood
- shoot
- shoot down
- slaughter
- slay
- smother
- snuff it
- sport
- stake
- stamp out
- stone
- strangle
- strangulate
- strike down
- suffer
- suffocate
- suffocation
- suicide
- sweep over
- switch off
- take away
- take off
- take out
- terminate
- termination
- throttle
- tomahawk
- toss off
- tucker
- tucker out
- turn off
- turn out
- vaporize
- veto
- vote down
- vote out
- wash up
- waste
- whelm
- wipe out
- zap
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