Animate
Animate verb - To give life, vigor, or spirit to.
Usage example: Mr. Clark animates history for his sixth graders by frequently showing up for class dressed like some famous historical figure
Kill
Kill verb - To deprive of life.
Usage example: during the war more soldiers were killed by disease than anything else
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- It's made much more difficult by the fact that unless you occasionally take some time out to kill the HORDE of animate vines which try to kill you, you will die.
Source: Multi-Mook Melee -
Kill her... and re-animate her as a zombie, as in this setting zombies are fully sentient and are basically just humans with a few biological quirks.
Source: Mercy Kill -
Since they are living people instead of animate corpses, these zombies are almost always easier to kill than the undead kind.
Source: Technically Living Zombie
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