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manslaughter

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of manslaughter

law the crime of ending the life of a person without intending to do so

She was convicted of manslaughter for driving while drunk and killing three people.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of manslaughter

chance-medley, killing

blood, foul play, homicide, murder, rubout, slaying

bloodshed, butchery, carnage, decimation, destruction, massacre, slaughter

assassination, execution, hit

euthanasia, mercy killing

filicide, fratricide, matricide, parricide, patricide, regicide, uxoricide

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