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Killer

One who deprives of life; one who, or that which, kills.

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Broader term 7

Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Cause 76% connected

That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

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Difficulty 76% connected

The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a…

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Dolphin 76% connected

A cetacean of the genus Delphinus and allied genera (esp. D. delphis); the true dolphin.

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Choker 76% connected

One who, or that which, chokes.

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Executioner 76% connected

One who executes; an executer.

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Exterminator 76% connected

One who, or that which, exterminates.

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Felo-de-se 76% connected

One who deliberately puts an end to his own existence, or loses his life while engaged in the commission of an unlawful or malicious act; a suicide.

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Garroter 76% connected

One who seizes a person by the throat from behind, with a view to strangle and rob him.

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Liquidator 76% connected

One who, or that which, liquidates.

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Manslayer 76% connected

One who kills a human being; one who commits manslaughter.

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Murderer 76% connected

One guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice.

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Poisoner 76% connected

One who poisons.

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Regicide 76% connected

One who kills or who murders a king; specifically (Eng.Hist.), one of the judges who condemned Charles I. to death.

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Strangler 76% connected

One who, or that which, strangles.

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Suicide 76% connected

The act of taking one's own life voluntary and intentionally; self-murder; specifically (Law), the felonious killing of one's self; the deliberate an…

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Terminator 76% connected

One who, or that which, terminates.

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Throttler 76% connected

One who, or that which, throttles, or chokes.

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Derivationally related 2

Kill 74% connected

A kiln.

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Kill 74% connected

A kiln.

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Synonym 3

Grampus 92% connected

A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus Grampus, esp. G. griseus of Europe and America, which is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to tw…

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Sea wolf 92% connected

The wolf fish.

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Slayer 92% connected

One who slays; a killer; a murderer; a destrroyer of life.

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