Kill
Kill verb - To deprive of life.
Sever
Sever verb - To set or force apart.
Common collocations
| way | kill way | sever way |
Both words in one sentence
- When confronting Mehrunes Dagon you do not in fact kill him; rather, your weapon allows you to sever his connection to reality, collapsing the bubble dimension and forcing him back into Oblivion
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In Buried, Paul Conroy is forced to sever his finger on video, or else the terrorists keeping him hostage would kill his wife and son.
Source: Life-or-Limb Decision - In the end, the lady decides to sever Enki's cord while clearly knowing it'll kill her, allowing him to escape and rejoin Shoryuu.
Source: Power Nullifier
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