Kill and Shed

Kill

Kill verb - To deprive of life.

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Shed and kill are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shed" instead a verb "Kill".

Nearby Words: killing, killed, killer

Shed verb - To cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside.

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Kill and shed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Kill" instead a verb "Shed".

Nearby Word: shedding

total	total kill	total shed
many	many kill	many shed
big	big kill	big shed
dark	dark kill	dark shed
Other adjectives: crazy, accidental.

First, they will hunt down and kill whoever shed the blood, then, being enraged, they'll kill anyone else that happens to be nearby.

Source: The Power of Blood
As this page's introduction notes, modern English translations of The Bible don't say "Thou shalt not kill", they say "You shall not murder/shed innocent blood".

Source: Thou Shalt Not Kill
Not many tears were shed upon his demise, save for finding out his successor was even worse and the fact that we didn't get to kill him ourselves!!

Source: Asshole Victim / Video Games

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