Kill
Kill verb - To cause to stop functioning.
Usage example: kill the engine before it overheats
Run
Run verb - To cause to function.
Usage example: in olden days mills were run by flowing water
Nearby Word: running
How words are described
| good | good kill | good run |
| low | low kill | low run |
| long | long kill | long run |
| normal | normal kill | normal run |
| Other adjectives: original, free, true, single, actual, real, successful, big, bad, quick, decent, easy, early, final, classic, next, last, recent, longest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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You're able to both perform a one hit kill and run with it, meaning it's nearly as good as the katana.
Source: Machete Mayhem -
And where the difference in noise between a suppressed and an unsuppressed weapon might actually allow one to kill and run without too many more zombies being drawn to your location.
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Must Let Them Get Away: At several times, Frank must allow McCabe to escape because killing him would destroy his viability as a donor, and McCabe offers Frank no other choice but to let him run or kill him outright.
Source: Film / Desperate Measures
Cite this Source
Run and Kill. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/kill/run
Kill & Run. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/kill/run>.
Run or Kill. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/kill/run.
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