Discharge and Kill

Discharge

Discharge verb - To cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force.

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

Kill verb - To deprive of life.

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

Nearby Words: killing, killed, killer

certain	certain discharge	certain kill
single	single discharge	single kill
brutal	brutal discharge	brutal kill
powerful	powerful discharge	powerful kill
Other adjectives: real, big, potential, accidental, outright, military, double, literal.

While all guns operate perfectly in normal conditions in Eternal Darkness, one of the insanity effects makes one character drop a flintlock pistol to the ground while reloading his other one, causing it to discharge and kill him.

Source: Reliably Unreliable Guns
He asks the doctors to help kill him painlessly, or at least discharge him so he can die on his own terms.

Source: Better to Die than Be Killed
Fassbach to find the origin of the infection only for the doctor to kill himself with an accidental discharge upon landing in South Korea.

Source: Film / World War Z

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