killings
Acts of slaughter
Killings is the plural of killing—acts that cause death.
The word typically implies unlawful or violent deaths: The killings shocked the community.
A killing can also be a sudden large profit: She made a killing in real estate.
In the plural, this usually reverts to the violent sense.
Causing another's death
- assassinationMurder of a prominent figure
- slayingAct of killing
- manslaughterUnlawful killing without forethought
- massacreLarge-scale unlawful killing
bloodshed · execution · slaughter · fatalities · deaths · victims · perpetrator · premeditated
Armed hostile engagement
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
- casualtiesThose killed or wounded
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
- militaryArmed forces collectively
conflict · civilian · airstrike · bombing · shelling · crossfire · collateral · genocide
Animal being hunted
- trophyAward for winning
- poachingUnlawful wildlife capture
- gameOrganized play or sport
- safariWildlife observation journey
stalking · trapping · quarry · cull · sport · pursuit · wildlife · snare
Serious criminal offense
- wrongdoingUnethical or illegal action
- offenseViolation or umbrage
- atrocityUnforgivable mass cruelty
- criminalityUnlawful behavior or nature
illegality · transgression · lawbreaking · prosecution · conviction · investigation · forensics · evidence
Grazing animals together
- thinningReducing density or number
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- controlAuthority to direct
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
management · selective · reduction · conservation · ecosystem · overpopulation · harvest · deer
homicide
Causing another's death
- assassinationMurder of a prominent figure
- slayingAct of killing
- manslaughterUnlawful killing without forethought
massacre · bloodshed · execution · slaughter · fatalities · deaths · victims · perpetrator · premeditated · cold-blooded
combat
Armed hostile engagement
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
- casualtiesThose killed or wounded
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
military · conflict · civilian · airstrike · bombing · shelling · crossfire · collateral · genocide · ethnic
prey
Animal being hunted
safari · stalking · trapping · quarry · cull · sport · pursuit · wildlife · snare · predation
felony
Serious criminal offense
- wrongdoingUnethical or illegal action
- offenseViolation or umbrage
- atrocityUnforgivable mass cruelty
criminality · illegality · transgression · lawbreaking · prosecution · conviction · investigation · forensics · evidence · motive
herd
Grazing animals together
- thinningReducing density or number
- populationAll inhabitants combined
- controlAuthority to direct
wildlife · management · selective · reduction · conservation · ecosystem · overpopulation · harvest · deer · badger
windfall
Unanticipated lucky gain
haul · earnings · profits · returns · lucrative · financial · stock market · deal · investment · gains
killingsbirths
Acts of being born
childbirths · conceptions · deliveries · creations · nativity
killingsrescues
Frees from danger
savings · revivals · resuscitations · salvations · preservations
- killing timePassing moments idly
- killing meCausing uncontrollable laughter
- killing itSucceeding spectacularly
- making a killingProfiting enormously
- made a killingEarned exceptional profit
- killing two birds with one stoneAchieving two aims together