Kill and Quit

Kill

Kill verb - To deprive of life.

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

Nearby Words: killing, killed, killer

Quit

Quit verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Usage example: quit pestering your coworkers with pointless questions

Kill and quit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Kill" instead a verb "Quit".

Nearby Words: quitting, quitter, quits, quitted

Common collocations

life kill life quit life
time kill time quit time
way kill way quit way
times kill times quit times

Both words in one sentence

  • Fate Worse Than Death: If Chainsaw doesn’t kill you for failing him, trying to quit, or insulting him, then you become his slave instead.
  • Meta example from Undertale: Some people quit the Genocide route because Papyrus is too innocent to kill.
  • The Wolverine: Logan has quit the X-Men for at least a year, and isolates himself within the Yukon wilderness because he is unable to cope with his guilt for being forced to kill Jean Grey.
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