killing kill putting to death | the act of terminating a life |
death | the act of killing, he had two deaths on his conscience |
attainder civil death | cancellation of civil rights |
danse macabre dance of death | a medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death leads a procession of others to the grave |
somatic cell nuclear transplantation somatic cell nuclear transfer SCNT nuclear transplantation | moving a cell nucleus and its genetic material from one cell to another |
nuclear terrorism | the use of a nuclear device by a terrorist organization to cause massive devastation or the use (or threat of use) of fissionable radioactive materials, assaults on nuclear power plants is one form of nuclear terrorism |
nuclear deterrence | the military doctrine that an enemy will be deterred from using nuclear weapons as long as he can be destroyed as a consequence, when two nations both resort to nuclear deterrence the consequence could be mutual destruction |
execution executing capital punishment death penalty | putting a condemned person to death |
death adder Acanthophis antarcticus | venomous Australian snake resembling an adder |
death's-head moth Acherontia atropos | European hawkmoth with markings on the back resembling a human skull |
atomic warhead nuclear warhead thermonuclear warhead nuke | the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb |
death camp | a concentration camp where prisoners are likely to die or be killed |
death house death row | the cellblock in a prison where those condemned to death await execution |
death knell death bell | a bell rung to announce a death |
death mask | a cast taken from the face of a dead person |
death seat | the car seat beside the driver of an automobile, believed to be the most dangerous place to sit in a car in case of an accident |
electric chair chair death chair hot seat | an instrument of execution by electrocution, resembles an ordinary seat for one person, the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair |
gas chamber death chamber | instrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which poison gas is introduced, used to kill people or animals |
nautilus nuclear submarine nuclear-powered submarine | a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power |
nuclear-powered ship | ship whose motive power comes from the energy of a nuclear reactor |
nuclear reactor reactor | (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements |
nuclear rocket | a rocket engine in which a nuclear reactor is used to heat a propellant |
nuclear weapon atomic weapon | a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction |
death toll | the number of deaths resulting from some particular cause such as an accident or a battle or a natural disaster |
nuclear medicine | the branch of medicine that uses radioactive materials either to image a patient's body or to destroy diseased cells |
radiochemistry nuclear chemistry | the chemistry of radioactive substances |
nuclear physics atomic physics nucleonics | the branch of physics that studies the internal structure of atomic nuclei |
nuclear engineering | the branch of engineering concerned with the design and construction and operation of nuclear reactors |
death warrant | a warrant to execute the death sentence |
death's head | a human skull (or a representation of a human skull) used as a symbol of death |
death knell | an omen of death or destruction |
near-death experience | the experience of being close to death but surviving |
kiss of death | something that is ruinous, if this were known it would be the kiss of death for my political career |
fatality human death | a death resulting from an accident or a disaster, a decrease in the number of automobile fatalities |
wrongful death | a death that results from a wrongful act or from negligence, a death that can serve as the basis for a civil action for damages on behalf of the dead person's family or heirs |
death decease expiry | the event of dying or departure from life, her death came as a terrible shock, upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren |
killing violent death | an event that causes someone to die |
nuclear explosion atomic explosion | the explosion of an atomic bomb |
nuclear club | the nations possessing nuclear weapons |
nuclear family conjugal family | a family consisting of parents and their children and grandparents of a marital partner |
Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRC | an independent federal agency created in to license and regulate nuclear power plants |
death squad | a clandestine military or paramilitary team who murder political dissidents or petty criminals (usually with the government's tacit approval) |
Death Valley | a desert area that is part of the Mojave Desert in eastern California and southwestern Nevada, contains the lowest point in North America |
death instinct death wish Thanatos | (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die |
Death | the personification of death, Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city |
nuclear chemist radiochemist | a chemist who specializes in nuclear chemistry |
nuclear physicist | a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics |
atomic energy nuclear energy | the energy released by a nuclear reaction |
atomic power nuclear power | nuclear energy regarded as a source of electricity for the power grid (for civilian use) |
nuclear winter | a long period of darkness and extreme cold that scientists predict would follow a full-scale nuclear war, a layer of dust and smoke in the atmosphere would cover the earth and block the rays of the sun, most living organisms would perish |