putting to death

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Noun

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putting to death - the act of terminating a life kill, killingending, termination, conclusion - the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"coup de grace, deathblow - the blow that kills (usually mercifully)death - the act of killing; "he had two deaths on his conscience"euthanasia, mercy killing - the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)homicide - the killing of a human being by another human beingdespatch, dispatch - killing a person or animalfell - the act of felling something (as a tree)self-annihilation, self-destruction, suicide - the act of killing yourself; "it is a crime to commit suicide"slaughter - the killing of animals (as for food)poisoning - the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to killsuffocation, asphyxiation - killing by depriving of oxygenritual killing, sacrifice - the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deityelectrocution - killing by electric shockbeheading, decapitation - killing by cutting off the headgenocide, race murder, racial extermination - systematic killing of a racial or cultural group