Effect
Effect verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Usage example: classroom discussions designed to effect a change in racial attitudes
Kill
Kill verb - To deprive of life.
How words are described
| good | good effect | good kill |
| nice | nice effect | nice kill |
| special | special effect | special kill |
| best | best effect | best kill |
| Other adjectives: normal, direct, original, single, powerful, actual, real, bad, major, immediate, additional, random. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Even the Japanese foxholes and Uber sentries are worthless when the Americans simply either vaporise the guard, or drill through the side with their halo effect and kill the unsuspecting Japanese.
Source: Comic Book / Über - All bosses are immune to being instant killed, and all moves with instant kill as their only effect simply do very heavy damage to bosses instead.
Source: One Hit Kill / Video Games -
Although you don't technically kill your enemies (you just send them back to the alternate dimension where they came from), the effect is the same.
Source: Gotta Kill Them All
Cite this Source
Kill and Effect. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/effect/kill
Effect & Kill. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/effect/kill>.
Kill or Effect. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/effect/kill.
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