Kill
Thwart
Thwart verb - To prevent from achieving a goal.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In her first attempt to thwart Dorothy and her friends, she sends a great pack of wolves to kill them.
Source: Savage Wolves - He is perfectly willing to commit genocide on the Giant Pandas to thwart a prophecy and then kill anyone in the way of his ambitions.
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However, all of these things were done to kill her tyrannical mother and thwart her plans, as well as to avenge her father and sister, who just so happens to be the other protagonist, Ryuko.
Source: Good Is Not Nice
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