AS Don't confuse murder (=the crime of killing someone) and murderer (=the person who murders someone).
assassinate /3'saes^neit||-s^neit/ [u TJ to
murder an important person, especially for political reasons: President Lincoln uxjs assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. I an attempt to assassinate the Pope assassination /s.saesJ/neiJ^nl-s^n'eF- [n
C/U]
+ of The assassination of Indira Gandhi caused a crisis in India.
massacre /marks'] [u T] to violently kill а large number of people who cannot defend
themselves: Hundreds of civilians were massacred during a peaceful protest, massacre [n C/U] The whole world was shocked by the massacre in Rwanda.
beat/kick/stab sb to death /bi:t,
kik, staeb (sb) to de0/ to kil! someone by beating them, kicking them, or attacking them with a knife: He beat his wife to death in a drunken argument. 1 A social worker was found stabbed to death in her office last night.
to deliberately kill
yourself
kill yourself /'kil joi'.self/ He killed
himself by taking an overdose of painkillers. I She had tried to kill herself several times before.
suicide 'su:j»said, sju:-||su:-/ [n C/U] when
someone deliberately kills himself or herself: Police think the man's death was suicide. I A record number of teenage suicides were reported last year. commit suicide (=ki!i yourself) We were
devastated when we heard the news that
Ku^t Cobain had committed suicide. suicide attempt (=when you try to commit suicide) Stephen was rushed to the hospital after his suicide attempt. suicidal /,su:,Vsaidl«, sju: |j su: [adj) wanting to kill yourself because you are very unhappy or upset He became suicidal after his wife left him.
someone who kills someone else
murderer /'тз:Ч1эгэг [n C] someone who has deliberately killed another person: A convicted murderer escaped from Dartmoor prison last night. sb's murderer (=the person who murdered someone) She was determined to find her brother's murderer. mass murderer (^someone who murders a lot of people)
killer 'kibr [n C] someone who has deliberately killed another person - used especially in newspapers and news reports + of The police are searching for the killer of a nine-year-old child. I The couple's killers have never been fcund. serial killer (=someone who has killed several people over a long period of time) a serial killer who is targeting gay men in the area
assassin 's'saes^n/ [n C| someone who
has killed an important person, especially because they are paid for doing it: Some people believe that the assassin was working for the government, sb's assassin. (=the person who killed someone important) Kennedy s assassin claims he was tricked by the FBI.
when someone is killed as a punishment
be executed /bi: eks^kjun^d/ to be legally
killed by the government as punishment for a crime: The leader of the rebels was caught and publicly executed.
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capital punishment /.kaep^tl рлш/
mant In U] the system of killing criminals as a legal punishment: I don't believe that bringing back capital punishment would reduce crime. I Most people that we questioned were in favour of capita/
punishment,
n
A Use capital punishment especially i when you are talking about whether it is a ! good or a bad thing. !
the death penalty /л? dee .peniii/ [
singular] the legal punishment of being killed for a crime: The death penalty does not exist in Britain. 1 In many countries. drug dealing carries the death penalty. '=the punishment is death)
Deadly is sometimes also used about illnesses (but lethal is not): a deadly form of skin cancer I the deadly AIDS virus
be on death row Ы: Dn deB гею/ if someone is on death row, they are in prison for a period of time before they are killed as punishment for a crime: Some prisoners have spent more than ten years on death row
when someone is killed because they are very ill
euthanasia juieaneizial-na^/ (n U|
when someone who is very ill is killed in order to stop their suffering: Is it true that euthanasia is legal in the Netherlands?
something that can kill you
/atal fcitl [adj] a fatal accident, illness, or inury is one that causes death: He suffered a fatal injury to the neck. + to A sudden shock could be fatal to anyone with a weak heart. Jatally \adv) The bank manager was fatally wounded during the robbery.
lethal/deadly ШЛ, dedb \adj\ likely
or able to kill people - use this especially about weapons or poisons: An ordinary kitchen knife can be a deadly weapon. I a lethal dose of drugs
to kill an animal
kill /kilI [u T] You shouldn't kill spiders just because you are scared of them. I I'm a vegetarian because I don't believe in killing animals.
slaughter /'sb:t9r [и T] to kill farm animals, either for their meat or skins, or because they are ilclass="underline" Farmers have been told to slaughter all flocks infected with the disease. I Hundreds of baby seals are slaughtered for their fur every year.
have sth put down /,haev (sth) put
'daon/ to painlessly kill an animal, especially a pet, because it is very old, very ill, or badly injured: Our cat was hit by a car, so we had to have her put down.
KIND
KILL
if you mean a kind of person or thing, go to type
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opposite unkind
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я stwct
see also
DESCIUMNC HUENDLY/
PEOPLE UNFRIENDLY
kind
considerate /kan'sid^t/ [adj] someone
A
who is considerate thinks about other people's feelings, and is careful not to make them unhappy or cause problems for them: Louis was always considerate and sympathetic to others. it is considerate of sb (to do sthj My boss gave me some time off when my mother died, which was very considerate of him.
You often use considerate when complaining that someone is not considerate enough and should care more about other people's feelings; I wish he would try and be a little more considerate.