Kill
Reduce
Reduce verb - To bring to a lower grade or rank.
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Both words in one sentence
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She openly acknowledges their existence and often even scolds the others for not treating them as such, but also quite clearly states that they are not omnipotent, are too weak to use power correctly, and she even plans to kill or reduce every god to a slave when she rules Everworld.
Source: Literature / Everworld - Though it will not outright kill enemy units, it will often reduce them to 1 HP, so you can kill a battlecruiser or carrier by shooting one bullet at it.
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In practice this won't kill the enemy—instead it will reduce their HP to 0, and the next hit will do them in.
Source: Cap
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