Usually means: Ceremonial act of killing someone.
Definitions Related words Mentions
We found 8 dictionaries that define the word ritual killing:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. ritual killing: Vocabulary.com
  2. ritual killing: Dictionary.com
  3. Ritual killing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. ritual killing: Rhymezone
  5. ritual killing: FreeDictionary.org
  6. ritual killing: Mnemonic Dictionary
  7. ritual killing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ritual killing: Encyclopedia

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky
Definitions from WordNet (ritual killing)

▸ noun:  the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity


Opposite:
sacrifice, offering, preservation

▸ Words similar to ritual killing

▸ Usage examples for ritual killing

▸ Idioms related to ritual killing

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Words that often appear near ritual killing

▸ Rhymes of ritual killing

▸ Invented words related to ritual killing

Similar:

Opposite:
sacrifice, offering, preservation




Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux