Kill
Renounce
Renounce verb - To give up (as a position of authority) formally.
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Both words in one sentence
- A rather dark variation in Once Upon a Time, as Snow White is finally driven to renounce her Incorruptible Pure Pureness and declares that she's going to kill her nemesis Cora.
Source: "World of Cardboard" Speech -
A mini-series "Magneto" was about Joseph pretending to be Magneto so he could make Magneto's Acolytes renounce their project, which would kill one million humans.
Source: Anti-Antichrist -
It's implied that Sam Tarly had this relationship with his father Randyll, at least before he threatened to kill him if he didn't renounce being his heir and join the Night's Watch.
Source: "Well Done, Son!" Guy
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