Kill and Take

Kill

Kill verb - To deprive of life.

Usage example: during the war more soldiers were killed by disease than anything else

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

Nearby Words: killing, killed, killer

Take verb - To deprive of life.

Usage example: I never thought heart disease would take such an athletic and health-conscious person

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Kill and take are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Kill" instead a verb "Take".

Nearby Words: taking, taken, taker

good	good kill	good take
fresh	fresh kill	fresh take
best	best kill	best take
long	long kill	long take
Other adjectives: normal, usual, direct, perfect, original, true, single, actual, real, big, bad, dark, personal, final, classic, next, alternate, last, literal, triple.

Millen knows that there's nothing for him to do but kill or take in Johnson from there, even if he doesn't enjoy it.

Source: Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist
When Mega Gengar's finished its job, it can just then Destiny Bond on whatever comes in trying to revenge kill and take them out too.

Source: Game Breaker / Smogon
Somewhat justified because even in canon, they are very hard to kill and take a lot of punishment.

Source: Fan Fic / Protoculture Effect

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