Kill
Kill verb - To deprive of life.
Manipulate and kill are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Manipulate" instead a verb "Kill".
Manipulate
Manipulate verb - To control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means.
Kill and manipulate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Kill" instead a verb "Manipulate".
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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When the Wolf Riders cross her path, Winnowill has one of them tortured and repeatedly attempts to manipulate or kill them, not even leaving the children out of her schemes.
Source: Monster / Comic Books -
Knight Templar: Both the Knight Templar themselves and Al-Mualim's group show aspects of this, willing to manipulate and kill for the sake of their own absolute conception of good.
Source: Video Game / Assassin's Creed I -
The only clues to his identity are off-hand comments by dying allies and enemies, leading him on a chase across Continents and through countless cities, meeting men who all know him, but who he does not remember in the slightest, all trying to manipulate or kill him.
Source: Video Game / Diver Down
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