Killing
Killing noun - The act of terminating a life.
Occupation and killing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Occupation" instead a noun "Killing".
Occupation
Occupation noun - The activity by which one regularly makes a living.
Killing and occupation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Killing" instead a noun "Occupation".
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- Babylon 5: In the fourth season, while the Centauri are ending their occupation of Narn, Vir and Londo talk about Vir's killing of Cartagia.
Source: Was It Really Worth It? -
Downplayed in Babylon 5, where Vir Cotto helps Narns escape the Centauri occupation while his ditzy fiancee Lyndisty fondly remembers killing entire villages.
Source: Dating Catwoman - La Résistance: After Japanese soldiers end up killing Sukarno, Indonesia begins revolting en masse against the Japanese occupation forces.
Source: Literature / Decisive Darkness
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