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to bury alive / to ensnare
to deal the fatal blow (sports, chess etc) / to score the winning point
murder as a crime of passion
to murder without blinking an eye (idiom) / ruthless / cold-blooded
the Nanjing Massacre (1937-38)
to attack and kill
homicide / to murder / to kill (a person)
to assassinate / (military) to fight with a bayonet / (baseball) to put out (a baserunner)
to respond to an assault by killing one's assailant
murder mystery game (role-playing game)
to behead
to take the life of a living creature
destructive power / harmfulness
to murder / assassination
murderer / homicide
to charge
to kill
to shoot dead
to swindle associates, friends or relatives
to murder / to assassinate / intentional homicide
to storm (a city etc) / to raid
to massacre one another (idiom); internecine strife
The Rape of Nanking (1997 documentary book by Iris Chang 張純如|张纯如)
to kill and burn (idiom); murder and arson
to murder
HSK 7-9
to kill by strangling, hanging or garrotting / (fig.) to snuff out
to kill in revenge
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to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack / to weaken; to reduce / (dialect) to smart / (used after a verb) extremely
HSK 5
to fight at close quarters; to fight tooth and nail
to blot out at one stroke / to reject out of hand / to deny without a hearing
to shut out; to block; to smother
to grapple (with the enemy) / to fight at the risk of one's life
to lend sb a knife to kill sb / to get sb else to do one's dirty work / to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
to assassinate
HSK 7-9
(Internet) flash sale / (sports or online gaming) rapid dispatch of an opponent
desire to commit murder / great danger
antivirus software
to have a love-hate relationship with each other
to massacre; to slaughter
HSK 7-9
to slaughter (an animal for meat) / to butcher
insecticide
to hunt and kill (an animal or fish)
to kill sb for a trifle
to sterilize; to disinfect / to kill; to exterminate (insects, pathogens etc)
to kill oneself / to commit suicide / to attempt suicide
HSK 5
to kill to the last one (idiom) / to exterminate / to eradicate / ruthless
to massacre / to slaughter
to erase / to cover traces / to obliterate evidence / to expunge / to blot out / to suppress
(idiom) to die a martyr; to be martyred
to kill / to cull
to attack the enemy
diquat
a disinfectant
lit. to kill the chicken to warn the monkey (idiom) / fig. to punish an individual as an example to others
massacre; mass slaughter
to praise sb in a way that does them harm (e.g. by causing them to become complacent)
killer / murderer / hit man / (sports) formidable player
HSK 7-9
insecticide / pesticide
to kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
infanticide
(idiom) getting killed
to slaughter / to kill mercilessly
murderous spirit / aura of death / to vent one's anger
murder case
to kill germs / to disinfect / to sterilize
to kill the pigs and slaughter the sheep (idiom)
don't use a sledgehammer on a nut / aquila non capit muscam
to shoot dead (with a gun, or bow and arrow)
to fight and kill; to engage in fierce combat (also used figuratively of opposing chess players)
to beat down the price / to haggle / to slash one's prices
to strangle / to throttle
homicide (law)
to be a blot on the landscape / to dampen spirits / to spoil the fun / to be a wet blanket
to exterminate
to smash a ball / to spike
lit. time is a butcher's knife / fig. time marches on, relentless and unforgiving / nothing gold can stay
murder case / homicide case
(case of, incident of) murder
slaughter the cattle and butcher the sheep / to prepare a big feast (idiom)
(idiom) to kill sb to prevent them from revealing sth
weapon of mass destruction
to kill (in hunting)
to chase to kill
to execute a lightning raid / (investment) to buy, then quickly sell / (tourism) to visit a destination for only a short stay
lit. to kill a chicken in front of a monkey; fig. to make an example of sb (by punishment) to frighten others
to kill
to force one's way out of encirclement; to break through
to disinfect / (computing) to destroy a computer virus
HSK 5
orca; killer whale (Orcinus orca)
to kill a pig as a lesson to the children (idiom); parents must teach by example
"The Hunt for Red October", a novel by Tom Clancy
a death claimed to be a suicide by the authorities
homicidal maniac
to attack with a bladed weapon
austere / stern / harsh / somber and desolate (autumn or winter)
(loanword) massage
hara-kiri
to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc) / to finalize / to kill-green (a step in the processing of tea leaves)
killer application / killer app

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