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English noun: ritual killing

1. ritual killing (act) the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity


Synonymssacrifice


Broader (hypernym)kill, killing, putting to death


Narrower (hyponym)hecatomb, immolation


Domain categoryanimal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna









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