Approve
Approve verb - To give official acceptance of as satisfactory.
Kill
Kill verb - To reject by or as if by a vote.
Usage example: the Senate killed the bill by a single vote
Common collocations
| number | approve number | kill number |
| time | approve time | kill time |
| characters | approve characters | kill characters |
| father | approve father | kill father |
Both words in one sentence
- Argus was going to make it kill everyone, but Delia didn't approve, so instead it was created to randomly either kill everyone or depower them, and you never know exactly what it will do, until it's finally used and DOESN'T DO A DAMN THING.
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But he doesn't approve when his less stable follower Teru Mikami, announces that Kira is going to kill lazy people as well... because Light considers the move premature.
- You can also approve a soldier's transfer to the fight against the Reapers, so that she can avoid possibly having to kill her brother in Cerberus.
Source: Not Quite the Right Thing
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Kill and Approve. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/approve/kill
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Kill or Approve. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/approve/kill.
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