Affect
Affect verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.
Kill
Kill verb - To deprive of life.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Gone Horribly Wrong: The original Redlight virus was supposed to affect and kill people with certain ethnic backgrounds.
Source: Videogame / [PROTOTYPE] - It would kill a normal human, but Rubber Man Luffy can handle it, although it does affect his lifespan.
Source: Dangerous Forbidden Technique - Sunlight doesn't kill them, though it appears to affect them to an extent (protagonist Kojou apparently feels unconfortable under sunlight, though it doesn't seem to affect him otherwise).
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Kill and Affect. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/affect/kill
Affect & Kill. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/affect/kill>.
Kill or Affect. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/affect/kill.
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