Elect
Elect verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.
Kill
Kill verb - To reject by or as if by a vote.
Usage example: the Senate killed the bill by a single vote
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- You can elect to go to the mages tower instead of making a decision of whether or not to kill a possessed child or his mother... said child is possessed by a demon capable of making the dead rise.
Source: Take Your Time -
He may elect to throw sticks of dynamite to score the necessary kill for revival, but most of the time the best solution is to charge blindly at an enemy and self-detonate just like the suicide psychos.
Source: Mad Bomber
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