Killing and Upset

Killing

Killing noun - The act of terminating a life.

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

Nearby Words: kill, killed, killer

Upset noun - An act or instance of the order of things being disturbed.

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Killing and upset are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Killing" instead a noun "Upset".

Nearby Word: upsetting

good	good killing	good upset
original	original killing	original upset
initial	initial killing	initial upset
plain	plain killing	plain upset
Other adjectives: real, little, absolute, famous, stunning, former, graphic, latter, greatest, occasional.

Osgood's death got a lot of fans upset, coming off as a positively Joss Whedon-esque case of killing a character purely for the sake of killing a character.

Source: Broken Base / Doctor Who
In Northrend, a certain faction gets very upset for a while when you kill animals in the zone... but killing people, or even killing animals anywhere else, is fair game.

Source: Selective Condemnation
Titan from Megamind has no qualms about stealing, killing, robbery or burning down an entire city for fun, but he's genuinely upset when he figures that Megamind lied to his stepmom.

Source: Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas

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