Drown
Render
Render verb - To give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress.
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In some other areas they follow the advice in the Maganevatio Obtusis (Witch-hunting for Dumb People) and drown them... after supplying them with soup, a good night's sleep, and a cup of tea and a biscuit, since the book says all these things will render them powerless.
Source: Burn the Witch! - However this doesn't grant him Required Secondary Powers, which can potentially render a copied skill useless; he once copied someone's diving abilities only to nearly drown when it turned out he hadn't bothered to copy the ability to swim.
Source: Logical Weakness
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Render and Drown. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/drown/render
Drown & Render. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/drown/render>.
Render or Drown. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/drown/render.
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