Direct
Direct verb - To cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway.
Kill
Kill verb - To deprive of life.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The Long Tom Artillery Piece, carried by only one unit in the game, will one-hit-kill anything lighter than 50 tons with a direct hit, and near-misses will kill light mechs and hovercraft.
Source: One Hit Kill / Video Games -
Especially Gang toward Shin; after helping Gang kill his direct superior Shin to get his favor, you can kill Gang yourself.
Source: The Starscream -
Worse, he blurts out the fact that Aunty Entity hired him to kill Blaster, forcing The Dragon to take direct action and kill Blaster himself.
Source: Finish Him!
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Kill and Direct. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/direct/kill
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