Kill
Kill verb - To deprive of life.
Renew
Renew verb - To bring back to life, practice, or activity.
Usage example: the spate of recent movies based on classic comic book characters has renewed interest in the comics themselves
Common collocations
| life | kill life | renew life |
| characters | kill characters | renew characters |
Both words in one sentence
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Soldiers all around renew allegiance to him after seeing him kill the gargantuan beast in such fashion.
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She's almost strangled, then convicted of murder and sentenced to death, then discovers her husband (for whom she had started to renew her love) was the one trying to kill her.
Source: Film / Dial M for Murder -
It also bears mention that Whedon had to kill someone important and Emma Caulfield said explicitly at the beginning of the season that she would not renew her contract, whether Buffy continued or not.
Source: C-List Fodder
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