Kill
Outlive
Outlive verb - To last longer than.
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Synonyms for Outlive
Nearby Word: outliving
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And he had been lucky enough before to 'outlive his usefulness' minutes earlier and Teatime actually let him leave without trying to kill him.
Source: Discworld / Hogfather - Spies will not generally outlive their victims in any well-organised and communicating team, since a kill will typically follow-up with the enemy team turning around and massacring the Spy, but who and when the Spy kills can be absolutely game-changing.
- The translator thought it meant that the Soviets will kill the Americans, while he intended it to mean that they will outlive the "rotting capitalists" and will see them buried...which is a badass boast on its own.
Source: Badass Boast / Real Life
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