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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

event go
something that happens at a given place and time

act, deed, human action, human activity go
something that people do or cause to happen

action go
something done (usually as opposed to something said)

change go
the action of changing something

change of state go
the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics

conclusion, termination, ending go
the act of ending something

kill, killing, putting to death go
the act of terminating a life

homicide go
the killing of a human being by another human being

execution, murder, slaying
unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

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18 Subcategories

assassination go
murder of a public figure by surprise attack
bloodshed, gore go
the shedding of blood resulting in murder
contract killing go
a murder carried out on agreement with a hired killer
parricide go
the murder of your own father or mother
mariticide go
the murder of a husband by his wife
fratricide go
the murder of your sibling
uxoricide go
the murder of a wife by her husband
filicide go
the murder of your own son or daughter
elimination, liquidation go
the murder of a competitor
slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery go
the savage and excessive killing of many people
lynching go
putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law
regicide go
the act of killing a king
dry-gulching go
the act of killing from ambush
hit go
a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
infanticide go
murdering an infant
shoot-down go
murder by shooting someone down in cold blood
tyrannicide go
killing a tyrant
thuggee go
murder and robbery by thugs