Kill and Tempt

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Kill verb - To attract or delight as if by magic.

Usage example: with his dark good looks he would positively kill the ladies

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

Nearby Words: killing, killed, killer

Tempt verb - To lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage.

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Kill and tempt are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Kill" instead a verb "Tempt".

Nearby Words: tempting, temptation, tempter

person	kill person	tempt person
girl	kill girl	tempt girl
character	kill character	tempt character
man	kill man	tempt man
Other words: people, men, children, god, someone, time, characters, father, brother, anyone, player, everyone, humans, times, members.

Weaver also hadn't even considered that they'd try to save Jay or have Tom use his MANLY PHYSIQUE to kill Filbert instead of letting him tempt them with information about their past.

Source: Off the Rails
Also, the gentleman with the thistledown hair offers to tell Stephen Black the name his mother gave him, as a last effort to tempt Stephen not to kill him.

Source: Series / Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
He possesses the power to tempt people with impure souls, and gets them all to kill each other.

Source: Literature / Warbreaker

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