Kill
Undermine
Undermine verb - Destroy property or hinder normal operations.
Kill and undermine are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Kill" instead a verb "Undermine".
Nearby Word: undermining
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Gatehouse himself is implied to have been working to undermine the Counterpoint leaders even before they tried to kill him.
Source: Bastard Understudy -
The film depicts Salieri as being jealous of Mozart and doing everything he can to undermine Mozart, and even trying (unsuccessfully) to kill him.
Source: Theatre / Amadeus - The story starts a few months later, and deals mostly with La Résistance trying to undermine, or preferably kill Aizen despite the huge losses they've suffered already.
Source: Downer Beginning
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Undermine and Kill. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/kill/undermine
Kill & Undermine. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/kill/undermine>.
Undermine or Kill. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/kill/undermine.
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