Engage
Engage verb - To hold the attention of.
Kill
Kill verb - To deprive of life.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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During the Final Battle of Dragon Age: Origins, Riordan sacrifices his life to ruin the draconic Archdemon's wing, robbing it of flight capability and thus allowing your party to engage and kill it on the ground.
Source: Clip Its Wings - He does engage in some Loophole Abuse in Batman Begins, when he comments to Ra's al-Ghul that "I won't kill you... but I don't have to save you" before leaving him to his fate.
Source: Thou Shalt Not Kill - In Tales from My D&D Campaign, the heroes learn that if they engage Lord Kintemazu, he will kill exactly 1.5 of them.
Source: Ludicrous Precision
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