单词 | ritual killing |
释义 | ritual killing (once / 1688473 pages) n WORD FAMILY ritual killing USAGE EXAMPLES"We assumed she died in a ritual killing but we have no clear evidence from written sources," explained Prof Nerlich. BBC(Feb 27, 2014) Here, the causes of death are anything but natural – the novel opens with a young woman being appallingly mutilated in a ritual killing. The Guardian(Jun 21, 2013) His ministry has awarded licences to at least 17 slaughterhouses to carry out ritual killing of animals. BBC(Nov 28, 2012) n the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity Syn|Hypo|Hyper sacrifice hecatomb a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen immolationkilling or offering as a sacrifice kill, killing, putting to death the act of terminating a life |
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