Kill
Kill verb - To cause to stop functioning.
Usage example: kill the engine before it overheats
Start
Start verb - To cause to function.
Usage example: trying to start the car on a frigid morning
How words are described
| good | good kill | good start |
| high | high kill | high start |
| nice | nice kill | nice start |
| fresh | fresh kill | fresh start |
| Other adjectives: clean, best, long, fast, original, free, true, actual, real, successful, big, bad, quick, decent, easy, early, final, next, last, literal. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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We later find out that he had a self-destruct for the building that he could've just used right at the start and kill them all before they even realized anything was wrong.
Source: Western Animation / Mega Man - Occasionally animals realize humans are pretty easy to kill and start eating them, they tend to keep doing so until they die.
Source: Diabolus ex Nihilo -
On Lost, Sayid got his start in murder by covering for his brother when forced to kill a chicken.
Source: Children Forced to Kill
Cite this Source
Start and Kill. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/kill/start
Kill & Start. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/kill/start>.
Start or Kill. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/kill/start.
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