Put down
Put down verb - To express scornfully one's low opinion of.
Stop
Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Both terms in one sentence
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In season 3 he insists he be the one to put down his mother Lori to stop her from reanimating after her death, barely showing any emotion while doing so.
Source: Troubling Unchildlike Behavior - Eventually, he came to enjoy it so much that he couldn't stop and started killing people indiscriminately, and had to be put down himself.
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Note that we mean put down as in "naptime," since it never seems to stop anyone from coming back later.
Source: Series / Mortal Kombat: Conquest
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