English noun: ritual killing | |||
1. | ritual killing (act) the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity | ||
Synonyms | sacrifice | ||
Broader (hypernym) | kill, killing, putting to death | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | hecatomb, immolation | ||
Domain category | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna | ||