Carve
Kill
Kill verb - To deprive of life.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Laser Blade: The weapon wielded by The Prospector which is used to kill and carve cattle and people alike.
Source: Film / The Return (1980) -
Whether the predators in Kevin & Kell swallow their prey whole or kill and carve them first seems to depend mostly on Rule of Funny.
Source: Swallowed Whole - If you kill a smaller monster, its corpse disappears like normal when you carve an item(s) from it, but it remains on your partners' screens until they carve from it also.
Source: Enough to Go Around
Cite this Source
Kill and Carve. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/carve/kill
Carve & Kill. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/carve/kill>.
Kill or Carve. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/carve/kill.
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