Kill
Kill verb - To deprive of life.
Shoot
Shoot verb - To strike with a missile from a gun.
Usage example: hunters can shoot deer only during the legally specified open season
Kill is a synonym for shoot in criminality topic. Sometimes you can use "Kill" instead a verb "Shoot", if it concerns topics such as put a bullet in, discharge a projectile, open fire on.
How words are described
| good | good kill | good shoot |
| long | long kill | long shoot |
| normal | normal kill | normal shoot |
| total | total kill | total shoot |
| Other adjectives: fake, single, actual, constant, big, bad, quick, decent, easy, early, cold-blooded, final, less, classic, last, occasional, literal. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Averted in SWAT 4, where not only can you shoot and kill allies, it only takes one or two bullets to kill anything.
Source: Friendly Fireproof - Thus, in a multiplayer game, she and you can freely shoot/kill each other until your hearts' content.
Source: Gameplay and Story Segregation -
Several of Von Jackson's old border vigilantes shoot and kill El Camaleón 4 after he disguises himself as a Mexican, similar to how Senator McLaughlin was killed in the first film.
Source: Film / Machete Kills
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