Kill and Trim

Kill

Kill verb - To deprive of life.

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

Nearby Words: killing, killed, killer

Trim verb - To achieve a victory over.

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Kill and trim are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Kill" instead a verb "Trim".

Nearby Words: trimming, trimmer, trimly

nice	nice kill	nice trim
actual	actual kill	actual trim
bad	bad kill	bad trim
dark	dark kill	dark trim
Other adjectives: military, occasional.

number	kill number	trim number
civilians	kill civilians	trim civilians

One story arc in Rocky and Bullwinkle involves our heroes fighting an infestation of Pottsylvania Creepers, vicious Man Eating Plants that shrug off every attempt to kill them or trim them back.

Source: Good Hurts Evil
And, the first detail was hacked to death by North Koreans, so Operation Paul Bunyon was less about over-kill for security in trimming a tree as it was about protecting the lives of the men sent to trim the tree after two men were killed.

Source: Silly Reason for War

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