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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Verb
Pronunciation: /ˈbæptaɪz/

Definition 1:
• To perform the sacrament of baptism by immersing someone in water or sprinkling or pouring water over them.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: christen, full
Labels: Christianity, British, English, Oxford, US

Definition 2:
• To Christianize.
Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, figuratively

Definition 3:
• To dedicate or christen.
Labels: British, English, Oxford, US

Definition 4:
• Of rum, brandy, or any other spirits, to dilute with water.
Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, archaic, slang

Definition 5:
• To ensure proper burning of a joint by moistening the exterior with saliva.
Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, slang

Definition 6:
• To extinguish the life of.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: wax, wet, juice up, annihilate, bag, baptize, bereave of life, blight, bring down, bump off, bury, cack, compromised to a permanent end, croak, crush, dash, deactivate, dead, demolish, destroy, dispatch, dispose of, do, do in, dust, eliminate, end, eradicate, ex, exterminate, finish, finish off, flatten, grease, ice, knock off, lay waste to, make away with, merc, mortify, neutralize, obliterate, off, pay off, pick off, polish off, pop off, punch someone's ticket, put an end to, put down, put someone out of their misery, put six feet under, put to sleep, ravage, rub out, ruin, scotch, scupper, scuttle, send to eternity, send to hell, send to the grave, send to the great beyond, send to the next life, shut up, slay, slaughter, slime out, smash, smite, snuff, squash, stiff, stop someone's clock, take, terminate, terminate with extreme prejudice, top off, top, torpedo, take care of, take down, take out, unalive, waste, whack, wipe out, wreck
Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, slang

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/baptize