Drop and Kill

Drop

Drop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.

Usage example: drop what you're doing and come here

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

Nearby Words: dropped, dropping, droplet, dropout, dropper

Kill verb - To deprive of life.

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

Nearby Words: killing, killed, killer

good	good drop	good kill
low	low drop	low kill
nice	nice drop	nice kill
special	special drop	special kill
Other adjectives: long, normal, certain, original, single, actual, big, bad, early, major, final, accidental, guaranteed, last, literal, stealth, attempted.

The murderer weighted a metal cactus pot that hung above the radio, such that when the victim opened the radio cabinet to turn it on, the pot would drop and kill him.

Source: Literature / Lord Peter Wimsey
On rare occasions you can even lead the target and have the bullet drop and kill a moving target.

Source: Lead the Target
And thus the use of the trope allowed writers to feature the very archtype character of the "kill-at-the-drop-of-a-hat anti-hero" without having him ever actually kill anyone.

Source: Could Have Been Messy

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