Killing and Return

Killing

Killing noun - The act of terminating a life.

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Return and killing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Return" instead a noun "Killing".

Nearby Words: kill, killed, killer

Return noun - An increase usually measured in money that comes from labor, business, or property.

Usage example: if we buy better equipment, we'll be able to make the product faster, thus getting a better return on our investment

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Killing and return are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Killing" instead a noun "Return".

Nearby Words: returned, returning, returnable, returnee, returner

good	good killing	good return
special	special killing	special return
original	original killing	original return
initial	initial killing	initial return
Other adjectives: many, actual, real, evil, little, quick, potential, apparent, less, next, subsequent, last, recent, attempted.

Instead of killing her, he has her taken outside the city and warns her never to return.

Source: Fan Fic / The Vow
In return, Mario does this for Alex in Chapter 54 by stopping and destroying Joe Dark's sword from killing him in one-blow

Source: Big Damn Heroes / Fan Works
The undead army in An Army Of The Dead return to their dead state just after they finish killing their enemies and digging their graves.

Source: Undeath Always Ends

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