Thuggism
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thuggism — thuggˈism noun The practices of the Indian thugs ● thug … Useful english dictionary
Killing — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Destruction of live PARAG:Killing >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 killing killing &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 homicide homicide manslaughter murder assassination trucidation| iccusion| Sgm: N 1 effusion of blood effusion of blood … English dictionary for students
Thuggery — Thug ger*y, Thuggism Thug gism, n. Thuggee. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
thug — ● thug nom masculin Membre d une confrérie religieuse de l Inde, qui, en l honneur de la déesse Kali, se livrait au meurtre rituel par strangulation (XIIe XIXe s.). thug [tyg] n. m. et adj. ÉTYM. Mil. XIXe (in P. Larousse, 1876); angl. thug, 1810 … Encyclopédie Universelle
elimination — Synonyms and related words: abolishment, abolition, abscission, amputation, annihilation, annulment, assassination, bloody murder, bumping off, castaway, castoff, choking, choking off, cleaning out, clearance, clearing, deep six, defecation,… … Moby Thesaurus
foul play — Synonyms and related words: artifice, assassination, blood, bloody murder, bumping off, chicane, chicanery, collusion, connivance, connivery, conspiracy, covin, crime, deception, dirty pool, dirty trick, dirty work, dodgery, double dealing,… … Moby Thesaurus
homicide — Synonyms and related words: Cain, aborticide, apache, assassin, assassination, assassinator, blood, bloodletter, bloodshedder, bloody murder, bravo, bumping off, burker, butcher, button man, cannibal, cutthroat, desperado, elimination, eradicator … Moby Thesaurus
liquidation — Synonyms and related words: abolishment, abolition, acquitment, acquittal, acquittance, agiotage, amortization, amortizement, annihilation, annulment, arbitrage, assassination, binder, bloody murder, bumping off, buying in, cash, cash payment,… … Moby Thesaurus
murder — Synonyms and related words: abate, abolish, annihilate, asphyxiate, assassinate, assassination, be all thumbs, behead, blood, bloodshed, bloody murder, blot out, blunder, blunder away, blunder into, blunder on, blunder upon, boggle, botch, bumble … Moby Thesaurus
purge — Synonyms and related words: BM, abolishment, abolition, absolve, abstergent, abstersion, abstract, account for, acquit, amnesty, annihilate, annihilation, annulment, aperient, assassinate, assassination, bandage, bathe, bereave of life, bleach,… … Moby Thesaurus
