Contend
Contend verb - To engage in a contest.
Kill
Kill verb - To deprive of life.
Common collocations
| character | contend character | kill character |
| time | contend time | kill time |
| characters | contend characters | kill characters |
Both words in one sentence
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Meanwhile, people in the wasteland outside are free but have to contend with raiders, mutants and fascist militias trying to kill them at every turn.
Source: Gilded Cage - Vegeta and Nappa gain such a massive power boost that they kill all of the Z-Warriors, leaving Goku alone to contend with two Great Ape Saiyans.
Source: The Bad Guy Wins / Video Games - Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: Day to day life in Mortasheen looks like this, since they daily contend with mad science that can rearrange their memories, kill them instantly, or clone them... or they use this mad science to make toast.
Source: Tabletop Game / Mortasheen
Cite this Source
Kill and Contend. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/contend/kill
Contend & Kill. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/contend/kill>.
Kill or Contend. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/contend/kill.
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