 | English | German  |  |
 | to hang sb. [to kill] | 601 jdn. aufhängen [töten] |  |
 | hunting to take sth. [kill by shooting] | 326 etw.Akk. abschießen [töten] |  |
 | med. to euthanize sb./sth. | 214 jdn./etw. einschläfern [schmerzlos töten] |  |
 | to butcher sb. [to kill cold-bloodedly] | 100 jdn. niedermachen [ugs.] [kaltblütig töten] |  |
 | to off sb. [Am.] [coll.] | 93 jdn. killen [ugs.] [töten] |  |
 | to whack sb. [sl.] [Am.] [to murder] | 86 jdn. plattmachen [ugs.] [töten] |  |
 | to dispatch sb. [kill] | 82 jdn. erledigen [ugs.] [töten, umbringen] |  |
 | med. to euthanise sb./sth. [Br.] | 61 jdn./etw. einschläfern [schmerzlos töten] |  |
 | to kill sb./sth. | 58 jdn./etw. erledigen [ugs.] [töten] |  |
 | to stick sb./sth. [to kill with something pointed] | 52 jdn./etw. abstechen [mit einem spitzen Gegenstand töten] |  |
 | to gas sb. | 41 jdn. vergasen [töten durch Gas] |  |
 | to finish sb. [coll.] [ruin, kill] | 37 jdn. erledigen [ugs.] [ruinieren, töten] |  |
 | to slaughter sb./sth. | 36 jdn./etw. niedermachen [töten] |  |
 | to merc (sb.) [Br.] [sl.] | 34 (jdn.) killen [ugs.] [töten] |  |
 | mil. to frag [Am.] [Army sl.] [to kill, wound, or assault (esp. an unpopular superior) with a fragmentation grenade] | 32 [Am. Armeejargon: einen ungeliebten Vorgesetzten oder eine sonstige Person mit einer Splittergranate töten, verwunden oder angreifen] |  |
 | to kill sb. | 28 jdn. fertigmachen [ugs.] [töten] |  |
 | hist. to decimate [military punishment for mutinous soldiers] | 27 [jeden zehnten Mann töten lassen] |  |
 | to kill | 17 hinmachen [ugs.] [töten] |  |
 | zool. to kill sth. | 12 etw. reißen [töten] |  |
 | to croak sb. [coll.] [kill] | 11 jdn. abmurksen [ugs.] [töten] |  |
 | to cancel sb. [sl.] [kill] | 11 jdn. beseitigen [töten] |  |
 | to disembody sb./sth. [to kill] | 9 jdn./etw. entleiben [geh.] [töten] |  |
 | to necklace sb. [S.Afr.] [to kill sb. by placing a burning tyre round neck and arms; necklacing] | 8 [jdn. durch einen brennenden Autoreifen um Hals und Arme töten; Necklacing] |  |
 | to massacre sb./sth. [kill] | 8 jdn./etw. niedermachen [töten] |  |
 | to eliminate sb. [kill] | 7 jdn. liquidieren [geh. verhüllend] [töten] |  |
 | to kill sb. | 6 jdn. entleiben [geh.] [selten] [töten] |  |
 | zool. to take sth.'s life | etw.Akk. reißen [töten] |  |
 | to kill / flatten sth. by running it over [with a vehicle] | etw.Akk. zerfahren [selten] [durch Darüberfahren töten] |  |
 | to give a lethal injection to sb. | jdn. abspritzen [bes. NS-Begriff] [durch Injektion töten] |  |
 | to stab sb. to death | jdn. abstechen [derb] [mit einem Messer töten] |  |
 | to kill sb. | jdn. allemachen [ugs.] [töten] |  |
 | to do away with sb. [coll.] [kill] | jdn. beiseiteschaffen [selten] [töten] |  |
 | to kick sb. to death | jdn. tottreten [mit Tritten töten] |  |
 | to hose sb. down [esp. Am.] [coll.] [to kill sb., esp. with a machine gun] | jdn. umsieben [ugs.] [hier: mit Blei durchsieben, durch mehrfache Schüsse töten] |  |
 | to finish sb./sth. off [kill] | jdn./etw. erledigen [töten] |  |
 | to maul sb./sth. (to death) | jdn./etw. zerfleischen [töten] |  |
 | [to kill] | tödten [Rechtschreibung vor 1901] [töten] |  |
 | to kill game [done by straying dogs and cats, primarily] | wildern [von z. B. Hunden, Katzen, die herumstreunen und dabei Wild, wild lebende Tiere töten] |  |
Nouns |
 | comics human dynamo [comics figure in diverse strips] | [eine Fantasiefigur, meistens böse, die mit Starkstrom geladen ist und damit töten kann] |  |
 | fish tools (fish) priest [mallet used to kill fish caught when angling] | [kleiner Hammer zum Töten gefangener Fische] |  |
 | med. Burking | Burking {n} [töten durch ersticken] |  |
2 Words: Verbs |
 | to take sb./sth. out [coll.] [kill sb.] | jdn./etw. unschädlich machen [töten] |  |
3 Words: Verbs |
 | to put the dog down | den Hund einschläfern [töten] |  |
 | to snuff out sb.'s life [fig.] | jdm. das Lebenslicht ausblasen [ugs.] [Redewendung] [jdn. töten] |  |
 | to rub sb. out [Am.] [coll.] [idiom] [murder, kill sb.] | jdm. das Licht ausblasen [ugs.] [Redewendung] [jdn. töten] |  |
 | to do sb. in [coll.] | jdm. den Garaus machen [oft ugs.] [Redewendung] [töten, umbringen] |  |
 | to dispatch sb. [kill sb.] | jdn. ins Jenseits befördern [ugs.] [jdn. töten] [Redewendung] |  |
4 Words: Verbs |
 | to do away with sb. [coll.] | jdn. aus dem Weg räumen [ugs.] [beseitigen, töten] |  |
 | to off sb. [Am.] [coll.] [to kill] | jdn. um die Ecke bringen [ugs.] [töten] |  |
 | to do sb. in [coll.] [to kill] | jdn. um die Ecke bringen [ugs.] [töten] |  |
 | to put sb. away [coll.] [to kill] | jdn. um die Ecke bringen [ugs.] [töten] |  |
 | to put sb. to bed with a pick-axe and shovel [idiom] | jdn. unter die Erde bringen [töten] |  |
Fiction (Literature and Film) |
 | film F Brewster McCloud [Robert Altman] | Nur Fliegen ist schöner [Alternativtitel: Auch Vögel können töten] |  |