殺害 — meaning in English

English meaning

• eliminate verb To completely remove or get rid of something.
• kill verb To cause the death of a person, animal, or living thing.
• murder noun The crime of deliberately killing another person.

Senses

殺害 is used for these senses in English:

• eliminate (transitive, slang) To kill (a person or animal).
• kill The act of killing.
• kill (transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
• murder (uncountable, legal, in jurisdictions which use the felony murder rule) The act of committing or abetting a crime that results in the killing of a person, regardless of intent, and even if the committer or abettor is not the one who killed the person: felony murder.

eliminate — full definition

1. verb To completely remove or get rid of something.
2. verb To knock a competitor or option out of a contest or list of possibilities.

kill — full definition

1. verb To cause the death of a person, animal, or living thing.
2. verb To stop, switch off, or put an end to something completely.
3. verb To cause severe pain, exhaustion, or distress — often used informally and not literally.
4. noun An act of killing, or the animal or target that has been killed.

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