RITUAL KILLING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
   Synonym(s)
   • sacrifice (what does sacrifice mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) ritual killing is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • killing (what does killing mean?)
   • kill (what does kill mean?)
   • putting to death (what does putting to death mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • hecatomb (what does hecatomb mean?)
   • immolation (what does immolation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • sacrifice (what does sacrifice mean?)
   • sacrifice (what does sacrifice mean?)