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RITUAL KILLING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
Synonyms:
ritual killing; sacrifice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("ritual killing" is a kind of...):
kill; killing; putting to death (the act of terminating a life)
Domain category:
animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ritual killing"):
hecatomb (a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen)
immolation (killing or offering as a sacrifice)
