Instruct and Kill

Instruct

Instruct verb - To cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field.

Kill and instruct are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Kill" instead a verb "Instruct".

Nearby Words: instruction, instructor, instructive, instructing

Kill

Kill verb - To deprive of life.

Instruct and kill are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Instruct" instead a verb "Kill".

Nearby Words: killing, killed, killer

Common collocations

person instruct person kill person
girl instruct girl kill girl
man instruct man kill man
woman instruct woman kill woman
Other words: people, men, children, someone, parents, characters, monster, doctor, player, everyone, times, players.

Both words in one sentence

  • They even instruct him to push the new plane to its limits, guaranteeing that it will crash and kill him.
  • Film / Dredd Both Caleb and Dredd instruct their ally to shoot and kill an already severely wounded and incapacitated enemy.
    Source: Film / Dredd
  • Lost pulls a subversion, when the Others bring Locke his own father, who was responsible for his parapalegic injuries, and instruct Locke to kill him.
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