Jail and Kill

Jail

Jail verb - To put in or as if in prison.

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

Nearby Words: jailed, jailer, jailing, jailor

Kill verb - To deprive of life.

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

Nearby Words: killing, killed, killer

human	human jail	human kill
high	high jail	high kill
special	special jail	special kill
normal	normal jail	normal kill
Other adjectives: certain, many, brutal, actual, real, big, bad, potential, personal, military.

As a retribution, either you will have to kill her and go to jail (she's not even allowed to kill herself), or your child will be deafblind for life.

Source: Film / The Box
He then says he'll have them thrown in jail, and says "I don't have to kill you to kill you".

Source: Film / Heartbreakers
Bungled Suicide: Lucien Carr attempts to kill himself in jail by hanging himself with his bedsheets, but the knot undoes itself.

Source: Film / Kill Your Darlings

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