Synonyms for Taking a life:

• v.

  •murder (verb)
  • cool,
  • abolish,
  • HIT,
  • snuff,
  • chill,
  • garotte,
  • take a life,
  • eradicate,
  • extinguish,
  • finish,
  • dispatch,
  • waste,
  • put away,
  • guillotine,
  • spoil,
  • off,
  • decapitate,
  • bump off,
  • take out,
  • behead,
  • asphyxiate,
  • smother,
  • lynch,
  • hang,
  • defeat,
  • knock off,
  • knife,
  • ruin,
  • dust off,
  • thrash,
  • mangle,
  • blot out,
  • do in,
  • liquidate,
  • rub out,
  • mar,
  • shoot,
  • assassinate,
  • electrocute,
  • drub,
  • butcher,
  • slaughter,
  • exterminate,
  • execute,
  • take for a ride,
  • destroy,
  • strangle,
  • eliminate,
  • massacre,
  • slay,
  • misuse.

Antonyms for Taking a life:

• v.

  • murder
    construct, heat, encourage, light, bear, lose, heal, establish, warm, give birth, save, ratify, create, preserve, grow, inspirit, institute, aid, continue, start, protect, build, guard, keep, help.