Impair
Impair verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.
Nearby Words: impairment, impairing
Kill
Kill verb - To deprive of life.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Supernatural creatures have Banes - things that can impair, harm or even kill them.
Source: Salt Solution -
This also means that eleven hits to the foot will not only not kill you, but often not even impair your movement - after all, it's Only a Flesh Wound.
Source: Hit Points aka: Hit Point -
One limb removed will not stop them, but will impair their lethality appropriately (lost arms mean one less claw to rake the player, lost legs mean they have to crawl along the ground, lost heads cause them to charge while swinging blindly, etc.) and enough limbs lost will kill them outright.
Source: Subsystem Damage
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