Kill
Kill verb - To deprive of life.
Spawn
Spawn verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Usage example: these artists spawned a whole new movement in painting
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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They spawn across an entire lake and the next one doesn't spawn until you find and kill the prior one.
Source: 20 Bear Asses -
Burn the Undead: The best way to kill Zombies in XCOM series are with Incendiary/Phosphorous rounds, since these will automatically kill the Chryssalid/Tentaculat spawn inside them.
Source: Video Game / X-COM -
Enemy Summoner: Cyber cyclopses built to kill Sparx that constantly spawn mechanical lady bugs also built to kill Sparx in Bugbot Factory.
Cite this Source
Spawn and Kill. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/kill/spawn
Kill & Spawn. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/kill/spawn>.
Spawn or Kill. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/kill/spawn.
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