Collect
Kill
Kill verb - To deprive of life.
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- In the A Bug's Life video game, enemies will respawn after a few seconds... unless you collect and kill them with the Gold Berry powerup, in which they will stay dead.
Source: Respawning Enemies -
We see Medusa has been breaking and driving Crona to madness since a very young age so s/he will kill and collect souls to become a Kishin.
Source: More Than Mind Control -
And then there is Conker's Bad Fur Day... featuring The Great Mighty Poo (An opera-singing animated cesspool that has you collect kernels of corn for it, and in gratitude, tries to kill you).
Source: Everything Trying to Kill You
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