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dressed to kill

attired in strikingly attractive clothing usually of women

Butcher

their flesh for market one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food

peremption

of quashing, from Latin perimere to take away entirely, destroy, kill] in the civil law of Louisiana : the absolute extinguishment

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overt act

act directed toward another person that indicates an intent to kill or harm and that justifies self-defense 2 : an outward

malice

on another: as a : an intent to injure or kill b : malice called also express malice malice in fact

intend

one's mind as a purpose or goal [did not to kill her]

Kill

A kiln

homicide

[Latin homicidium, from homo human being + caedere to cut, kill] 1 : a person who kills another 2 : the

assault

crime [assault with intent to rob] [assault with intent to kill] civil assault : an assault considered as a tort rather

Parenticide

Parenticide [fr. parens Lat., a father, and c'do, to kill], one who murders a parent.

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