Die
Noose
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", a dramatic story in which the hero's noose snaps, and he escapes his execution only to instead snap out of his fantasy and die without a fight.
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You might as well tie a noose around their necks and stand them on blocks of ice, if you want them to die a slow death.
Source: Literature / The Cinder Spires -
The eponymous man in The Phantom of the Opera crosses the MEH when he ties Raoul to a noose and forces a Sadistic Choice on Christine; either confessing love for the Phantom and buying Raoul's freedom, or confessing love for Raoul and watching him die.
Source: Moral Event Horizon / Theatre
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