kill: merely states the fact of death by an agency of some sort in some manner: frost ~ed the plants.  霜冻 形近词froth泡沫


slay: is a chiefly literary term implying a killing marked by deliberateness and violence: ~ thousands of the enemy.


murder: specifically implies a killing with stealth and motive and premeditation and therefore full moral responsibility: convicted of ~ing his parents.


assassinate: applies to a deliberate killing openly or secretly often for impersonal or political motives: terrorists ~d the Senator.


dispatch: stresses quickness and directness in putting to death: ~ed the sentry with a single stab.


execute: stresses a putting to death as a legal penalty: to be ~d by firing squad at dawn.


kill杀死: 泛指被某人或某物杀死的事实，slay残杀: 主要用于文学，表示谋杀或残杀，murder谋杀: 特指秘密地有动机地有预谋地杀死，因此承担全部责任，assassinate刺杀: 指或公开或秘密地杀死，出于和个人无关的目的或政治目的，dispatch迅速杀死、快件: 强调快速直接杀死，execute处决: 强调作为法律处罚


记忆方法: 1）首字母KSMADE想成南韩制造<==杀死

         2）杀死的意思是剥夺生命mean to deprive of life.