killing
kill
putting to death | the act of terminating a life |
| drive-by killing | homicide committed by shooting from a moving automobile |
euthanasia
mercy killing | the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness) |
| honor killing | an ancient tradition still sometimes observed, a male member of the family kills a female relative for tarnishing the family image |
| contract killing | a murder carried out on agreement with a hired killer |
sacrifice
ritual killing | the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity |
analgesic
anodyne
painkiller
pain pill | a medicine used to relieve pain |
brass memorial tablet
plaque | a memorial made of brass |
pill
lozenge
tablet
tab | a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet |
sleeping pill
sleeping tablet
sleeping capsule
sleeping draught | a soporific drug in the form of a pill (or tablet or capsule) |
| tablet | a small flat compressed cake of some substance, a tablet of soap |
| tablet | a slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription |
| tablet-armed chair | a chair with an arm that has been widened for writing |
| pain threshold | the lowest intensity of stimulation at which pain is experienced, some people have much higher pain thresholds than do other people |
pain
pain sensation
painful sensation | a somatic sensation of acute discomfort, as the intensity increased the sensation changed from tickle to pain |
| phantom limb pain | pain felt by an amputee that seems to be located in the missing limb |
annoyance
bother
botheration
pain infliction
pain in the neck
pain in the ass | something or someone that causes trouble, a source of unhappiness, washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer, a bit of a bother, he's not a friend, he's an infliction |
pleasure principle
pleasure-pain principle
pleasure-unpleasure principle | (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id, the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality |
killing
violent death | an event that causes someone to die |
pain
painfulness | emotional distress, a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid, the pain of loneliness |
kill zone
killing zone | an area where a battle has occurred with many fatalities |
| killing field | (usually plural) an area where many people have died (usually by massacre or genocide during war or violent civil disturbance) |
pain
pain in the neck
nuisance | a bothersome annoying person, that kid is a terrible pain |
killing
cleanup | a very large profit |
| pain unit | a unit measuring the intensity of pain |
pain
hurting | a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder, the patient developed severe pain and distension |
| chest pain | pain in the chest |
lumbago
lumbar pain | backache affecting the lumbar region or lower back, can be caused by muscle strain or arthritis or vascular insufficiency or a ruptured intervertebral disc |
| labor pain | pain and discomfort associated with contractions of the uterus during labor |
| referred pain | pain that is felt at a place in the body different from the injured or diseased part where the pain would be expected, angina pectoris can cause referred pain in the left shoulder, pain in the right shoulder can be referred pain from gallbladder disease |
pad pad of paper
tablet | a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge |
trouble
ail pain | cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed |
pain
anguish
hurt | cause emotional anguish or make miserable, It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school |
killing
sidesplitting | very funny, a killing joke, sidesplitting antics |
analgesic
analgetic
anodyne | capable of relieving pain, the anodyne properties of certain drugs, an analgesic effect |
pain-free
unpainful | not accompanied by pain sensations, pain-free surgery |