Disable and Kill

Disable

Disable verb - To cause severe or permanent injury to.

Usage example: a promising athlete who was severely disabled in a plane crash

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Kill and disable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Kill" instead a verb "Disable".

Nearby Words: disablement, disabling

Kill verb - To deprive of life.

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Disable and kill are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Disable" instead a verb "Kill".

Nearby Words: killing, killed, killer

man	disable man	kill man
guy	disable guy	kill guy
someone	disable someone	kill someone
way	disable way	kill way
Other words: dragon, target, opponent, enemy, guards, opponents, enemies, zombies, heroes.

Most individual missions in X Com Enemy Unknown are played this way: To succeed, you have to kill or disable every alien in the zone.

Source: Gotta Kill Them All
You're trying to kill or disable the other guy before he's able to kill or disable you, and you may be trying to deal with multiple opponents or confined spaces where some types of moves don't work.

Source: Improbable Use of a Weapon
Looking at a person, he can see weaknesses in armor or physiology or strategy, and disable or kill them.

Source: Literature / Shatterpoint

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