Kill: (Merriam-Webster's)
Pronunciation: 'kil
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, perhaps from (assumed) Old English cyllan; akin to Old English cwellan to kill -- more at QUELL
transitive senses
1 a : to deprive of life
intransitive senses
1 : to deprive one of life
KILL merely states the fact of death caused by an agency in any manner.

Death: (Merriam-Webster's)
Main Entry: death
Pronunciation: 'deth
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English deeth, from Old English dEath; akin to Old Norse dauthi death, deyja to die
Date: before 12th century
1 : a permanent cessation of all vital functions : the end of life

Abortion: (Merriam-Webster's)
Main Entry: abor·tion
Pronunciation: &-'bor-sh&n
Function: noun
Date: 1547
1 : the termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus: as
b : induced expulsion of a human fetus

Feticide: (Merriam-Webster's)
Main Entry: fe·ti·cide
Pronunciation: 'fE-t&-"sId
Function: noun
Date: circa 1844
: the act of causing the death of a fetus

Neonaticide:

Filicide: (Dictionary.com)
filicide \Fil"i*cide\, n. [L. filius son, filia daughter + caedere to kill.] The act of murdering a son or a daughter; also, parent who commits such a murder.

Infanticide: (Merriam-Webster's)
Main Entry: in·fan·ti·cide
Pronunciation: in-'fan-t&-"sId
Function: noun
Etymology: Late Latin infanticidium, from Latin infant-, infans + -i- + -cidium -cide Date: circa 1656
1 : the killing of an infant
2 [Late Latin infanticida, from Latin infant-, infans + -i- + -cida -cide] : one who kills an infant

Infant: (Merriam-Webster's)
Main Entry: infant
Function: adjective
Date: circa 1586
1 : intended for young children
2 : being in an early stage of development
3 : of, relating to, or being in infancy

Homicide: (Merriam-Webster's)
Main Entry: ho·mi·cide
Pronunciation: 'hä-m&-"sId, 'hO-
Function: noun
Etymology: in sense 1, from Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin homicida, from homo human being + -cida -cide; in sense 2, from Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin homicidium, from homo + -cidium -cide
Date: 14th century
1 : a person who kills another
2 : a killing of one human being by another

Euthanasia: (Merriam-Webster's)
Main Entry: eu·tha·na·sia
Pronunciation: "yü-th&-'nA-zh(E-)&
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek, easy death, from euthanatos, from eu- + thanatos death -- more at THANATOS
Date: 1869
: the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy

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