Kill and Quiet

Kill

Kill verb - To deprive of life.

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Quiet and kill are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Quiet" instead a verb "Kill".

Nearby Words: killing, killed, killer

Quiet verb - To become still and orderly.

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Kill and quiet are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Kill" instead a verb "Quiet".

Nearby Words: quietly, quieten, quiescent, quieted, quietness

Firstly, being a man of the cloth, you're not supposed to have children at all, and so you must keep the matter quiet and kill anyone stupid enough to try and blackmail you about it.

Source: Luke, You Are My Father
The issue gets confused when he does try to kill the husband; the man kills him instead but then keeps quiet, afraid he'll be accused of the other killings.

Source: Series / Alias Smith and Jones
When he found out about the zombies, he ordered Major to hunt down and kill all known zombies to keep quiet, and threatened to kill Liv if he didn't comply.

Source: Monster / Live-Action TV

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