Kill
Kill verb - To deprive of life.
Render
Render verb - To give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- It's just about enough to make Tim kill someone else instead of Batman, but it takes a year of intensive therapy to render poor Tim even partially sane.
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If he makes it in, he won't kill you, but he will render your flashlight useless.
Source: You Are Already Dead -
Gatling's attempt to render war futile instead birthed the progenitor of some of the deadliest weapons currently used to kill regular infantry and later, scaled-up versions that could do the same to tanks.
Source: Cool Guns / Machine Guns
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Render and Kill. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/kill/render
Kill & Render. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/kill/render>.
Render or Kill. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/kill/render.
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