Create
Create verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Usage example: it was your negligence that created this mess
Kill
Kill verb - To deprive of life.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The only problem with it (gameplay-speaking) is that human life and happiness is held so high that waging war becomes more difficult because nobody wants to kill or create things that kill.
Source: No Poverty - He has to create a Batman Gambit that would have the humans negligently kill their savior.
Source: Ape Shall Never Kill Ape - Turns out they are planning to kill him, but in a way that will create a public scandal.
Source: Don't Create a Martyr
Cite this Source
Kill and Create. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/create/kill
Create & Kill. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/create/kill>.
Kill or Create. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/create/kill.
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