Killing and Torment

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Killing noun - The act of terminating a life.

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Torment and killing are semantically related. in torture topic. In some cases you can use "Torment" instead the word "Killing" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: kill, killed, killer

Torment noun - A situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness.

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Killing and torment are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Killing" instead a noun "Torment".

Nearby Words: tormented, tormenting, tormentor

normal	normal killing	normal torment
original	original killing	original torment
endless	endless killing	endless torment
brutal	brutal killing	brutal torment
Other adjectives: constant, ultimate, continued, final, needless, subsequent, greatest, sadistic.

To the Romulan who's running the colony, he's sick of all the killing and torment he's spread over decades as a soldier and saw the chance to take these Klingons hostage and give them a second chance as a much better alternative than execution of war prisoners.

Source: Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
In Devil, the Devil comes to Earth to torment various sinners, before killing them to torment them further in hell.

Source: Redemption Earns Life
The Scrappy: In-universe example; the characters find Bnarny Dinosarr creepy and annoying to the point that Dolan takes advantage of this to torment Gooby instead of just killing Bnarny.

Source: Webcomic / Dolan

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