Kill
Pull back
Pull back verb - Pull back or move away or backward.
Both terms in one sentence
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In Part VIII, Jason uses one of these to kill a teenager on the boat - but since he doesn't have the coordination to pull back the bungees, the unlucky schlub gets stabbed with the whole harpoon gun.
Source: Harpoon Gun - He goes after criminals at night and while he uses his powers to torture mobsters who got away with their crimes, he doesn't kill and has a sidekick who he admits is helping him to pull back from the edge.
Source: Literature / The Descendants
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