Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- They machine gunned a robot who owed them in their first appearance, but being a robot, he just got back up (it's clear they didn't even intend it to kill him, as they say "Consider that a warning").
Source: The Family for the Whole Family -
Back for the Dead: Daigo reappears in the Season 2 premiere, and ends up gunned down by Nolan for his comments about Irisa.
Source: Series / Defiance -
Back from the Dead: In Icarus Effect, Sam Duarte, Ben Saxon's friend at Belltower, was described being gunned down by a drone in the Australian outback.
Source: Video Game / Deus Ex: The Fall
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