Abstain
Kill
Kill verb - To deprive of life.
Common collocations
| times | abstain times | kill times |
Both words in one sentence
- The main character has to abstain from their use several times before using them to kill the final boss.
Source: Chekhovs Gun / Web Comics -
After reading the note stating he has to kill someone, Ethan doesn't have the option to immediately decide he doesn't want to be a murderer and abstain from going to the location.
Source: Video Game / Heavy Rain - The Ardat-Yakshi are effectively succubi and their condition causes them to kill people by mating with them; the rationale is that because the effects are addictive, they cannot be trusted to naturally abstain from sex/murder if allowed amongst the general populace.
Source: Locked Away in a Monastery
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