Kill
Operate
Operate verb - To control the mechanical operation of.
Common collocations
| way | kill way | operate way |
Both words in one sentence
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And I Must Scream: The Black Lanterns don't just raise the dead, they also go after those heroes that died and were brought back for whatever reason, and those resurrected heroes who are made into Black Lanterns are forced to watch their bodies kill and operate out of their control.
Source: Comic Book / Blackest Night -
When Michael enters the hotel to kill Connor, Nitti's goons operate the elevator and open the door of Connor's room for him.
Source: Film / Road to Perdition - Kill la Kill has Mako Mankanshoku and Nui Harime, who operate by this while everybody else uses standard shonen anime physics.
Source: Toon Physics
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