Kill
Prostrate
Prostrate verb - To diminish the physical strength of.
Kill and prostrate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Kill" instead a verb "Prostrate".
Nearby Words: prostration, prostrated
Both words in one sentence
- Characters pursued by somebody trying to rape or kill them could rush to the nearest temple and prostrate themselves as a supplicant before the image of the god.
Source: Seeking Sanctuary -
Then, when Obsidian has him prostrate on the ground and is preparing to kill him, Achilles asks him to just let him turn over first, so he won't stab him in the back, and lets him stab him in the chest instead.
Source: In the Back - It seems to have been intended as a command to kill all military prisoners (which was bad enough), but by the time Nanking fell the normal Japanese commander was prostrate from sickness, and his replacement took a rather more free-wheeling interpretation of the command.
Source: Leave No Survivors
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