Kill and Terminate

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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Terminate and kill are semantically related. in murder topic. In some cases you can use "Terminate" instead a verb "Kill", when it comes to topics like slay.

Nearby Words: killing, killed, killer

Terminate

Terminate verb - To put to death deliberately.

Usage example: the operative's covert mission was to terminate the leader of the opposition

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Antonyms for Terminate

Kill and terminate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Kill" instead a verb "Terminate".

Nearby Words: terminal, termination, terminated, terminating, terminable

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Common collocations

life	kill life	terminate life
family	kill family	terminate family
someone	kill someone	terminate someone
bad	kill bad	terminate bad
Other words: child, target, everyone, humans, members.

Both words in one sentence

I Cannot Self-Terminate: Although Gloria has the gun she needs to kill herself, she doesn't have the courage to go through with it, and asks Robert to kill her instead.

Source: Literature / They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
The online AQ encyclopedia entry for Morcef skirts around the words 'die' and 'kill', instead preferring 'terminate' and 'end', while many other entries just use the standard words.

Source: Video Game / AdventureQuest
And then they get an order to kill you for money, and then suddenly almost the whole neighboorhood is trying to terminate your ass?

Source: Paranoia Fuel / Film

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