Fall and Killing

Fall

Fall noun - The act of going down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily.

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Killing and fall are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Killing" instead a noun "Fall".

Nearby Words: falling, fallen

Killing noun - The act of terminating a life.

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Fall and killing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fall" instead a noun "Killing".

Nearby Words: kill, killed, killer

human	human fall	human killing
good	good fall	good killing
high	high fall	high killing
normal	normal fall	normal killing
Other adjectives: original, initial, many, simple, actual, constant, little, former, final, accidental, subsequent, last, aforementioned.

The final boss battle in Kirbys Dreamland 2 is also a free fall battle, but instead of outright killing Kirby, he just takes damage until he's dead.

Source: Free-Fall Fight
Even if you pluck an apple from a tree instead of waiting for it to fall, you're not killing (or indeed hurting) anything.

Source: Carnivore Confusion / Live-Action TV
Likely this was to make damage calculations easier to code or more transparent to the player, but it's still bewildering to see that the fall is literally what's killing Robin.

Source: Not the Fall That Kills You

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