Kill
Neutralize
Neutralize verb - To put to death deliberately.
Usage example: orders to find the renegade colonel and to neutralize him
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- One of his farces ends with a Deus ex Machina fairy coming in with a set of flowers, each and every one of them carrying a virtue meant to kill or neutralize lies.
Source: Creator / Henrik Wergeland -
Although it takes two shots to kill, one shot delivers excruciating pain, enough to neutralize any target that's not protected against it.
Source: One-Hit Kill -
There was at least one story where superheroes tried to neutralize him (Wolverine would have been happy to kill him, but Daredevil and Spider-Man were against it).
Source: Superman Stays out of Gotham
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