Does anyone know of any words similar to Defenestration- (formally) the action of throwing someone out of a window. I just think it's a cool word and was wondering if there were any similar words that define actions that are societally "wrong", yet sometimes needed. (Looking for less obvious words than "murder" or "stabbing")
Immolation: Death by burning Asphyxiation: Death by suffocation Necrophilia: the disgusting act of sexually abusing a corpse Soo uhh words like these??^^
deicide-Deicide is the killing (or the killer) of a god. The concept may be used for any act of killing a god, including a life-death-rebirth deity who is killed and then resurrected. -wikipedia Mariticide (from Latin maritus "husband" + -cide, from caedere "to cut, to kill") literally means killing of one's husband or romantic partner. ... Used in current common law terminology as gender-neutral for either spouse or significant other of either sex. The killing of a wife is called uxoricide. The broad definition of regicide (Latin: regis "of king" + cida "killer" or cidium "killing") is the deliberate killing of a monarch, or the person responsible for the killing of a person of royalty. Amicicide – the act of killing a friend. (" Amicus" being Latin for friend) Fratricide (from the Latin words frater "brother" and cida "killer," or cidum "a killing," both from caedere "to kill, to cut down") is the act of killing one's brother. Sororicide (from Latin soror "sister" + -cide, from caedere "to cut, to kill") is the act of killing one's own sister. Filicide is the deliberate act of a parent killing their own child. The word filicide is derived from the Latin words filius and filia (son and daughter) and the suffix -cide, meaning to kill, murder, or cause death. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_types_of_killing <---
I personally like the word raze: burn something to the ground. I first heard it in the bible. (+.+) I like razing egos to the ground when needed. >_>
Not sure why you're looking for such words. Just be careful how language is used. It can easily be weaponized and distorted from it's original meaning. https://news.northeastern.edu/2017/...e-meaning-of-allahu-akbar-has-been-distorted/ But to answer your post, it doesn't have to be english though? https://www.cracked.com/article_23248_6-foreign-words-so-dark-there-are-no-english-equivalents.html Geisterfahrer (German) - ghost driver ... or an insane suicidal person driving the wrong way Korova (Russian) - the human cow you bring along for lunch Rhaphanidosis (Greek) - the horseradish to stuff up an adulterer's ass Tsujigiri (Japanese) - the random stranger you murder with your sword These seem more worthwhile to co-opt. https://www.cracked.com/article_21215_8-useful-foreign-words-english-language-needs-to-steal.html "Attaccabottoni" (Italian) - Person who tells you meaningless stories, usually complaints "Epibreren" (Dutch) - Pretending to be doing something important when you're really just being lazy "Drachenfutter" (German) - The gift given to a wife by husband as an apology for having done something stupid "Tartle" (Scots) - When you forget someone's name immediately after being introduced
Swatting - is a criminal harassment tactic of deceiving an emergency service (via such means as hoaxing an emergency services dispatcher) into sending a police and emergency service response team to another person's address. Swirly - a prank that involves immersing someone's head in a toilet bowl as it is flushed. Wedgie - an uncomfortable tightening of the underpants between the buttocks, typically produced when someone pulls the underpants up from the back as a prank. Doxxing - search for and publish private or identifying information about (a particular individual) on the Internet, typically with malicious intent. Flay - skin, peel.
@ArianDruj this is an awesome thread, I hadn't thought of these words in a long time...may have to find an occasion to use them. *waggles eyebrows*
Exsanguinate is a good one. Garrote, Flay, Electrocute, Smite, Impale, Lacerate, Incapacitate, Mutilate, Dismember, Bludgeon, Pulverize, Crucify, Trample, Browbeat, Flail, Cleave, Lobotomize, Emasculate, Devitalize, Traumatize, Devastate, Starve, Paralyze, Deprive, Desolate, Ravage, Debilitate, Steamroll, Hogtie, Ruin, Wrack, Devour, Cripple, Harry, Demolish, Despoil, Blight, Decimate, Pillage, Pummel, Scourge, Wreck, Abolish, Plague, Plunder, Subvert, Undermine, Lash, Extinguish, Ravish, Douse, Afflict, Dominate, Vandalize, Infest, Infect, Afflict, Impoverish, Conquer, Disintegrate, Radicalize, Consume, Brainwash, Implode, Dessicate, Enfeeble... ... Yeah, someone found the thesaurus.