Kill
Kill verb - To deprive of life.
Make
Make verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Usage example: the cats made quite a disturbance when they knocked the Christmas tree over
How words are described
| human | human kill | human make |
| good | good kill | good make |
| high | high kill | high make |
| nice | nice kill | nice make |
| Other adjectives: best, long, particular, direct, perfect, true, single, powerful, actual, real, big, bad, quiet, dark, quick, easy, major, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Furthermore, when 17 begins joyriding and begins running over pedestrians, she told her brother to stop since there won't be anyone left for her to kill and make the humans live as much as they can.
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Thus it does make sense that he would not kill the brother who intends to kill him, as doing so would not only make him a hypocrite, it would prove Akuma correct instead.
Source: Characters / Street Fighter IV -
Instead of using it directly on the Rangers to make them commit suicide or kill each other, he commands other animals to kill them because he wants to truly and utterly defeat them once and for all.
Cite this Source
Make and Kill. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/kill/make
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