Killing
Killing adjective - Causing or intended to cause laughter.
Threatening and killing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Threatening" instead an adjective "Killing".
Threatening
Threatening adjective - Giving signs of immediate occurrence.
Killing and threatening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Killing" instead an adjective "Threatening".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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That being said, he tries to kill Larry/have him killed numerous times, and has no qualms about threatening or killing Larry's friends.
Source: Film / Night at the Museum -
After some work, he and Jackie manage to arrest Salazar without incident, despite knowing that Salazar has a history of skating by threatening or killing off witnesses.
Source: Series / Blue Bloods - Threatening/killing their children/adopted children is one of the few things that can tempt a DCU hero, either male or female, that normally follows Thou Shalt Not Kill to, well, kill.
Source: Mama Bear / Comic Books
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