Remaining
To spare
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- Instead of remaining discreet about it, to spare other people's feelings, or at least discuss it in a polite, tactful manner, they simply shout out what's on their mind, insulting everybody.
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In Diana Wynne Jones's Hexwood, Mordion has a very nasty example in his backstory—he's forced to kill his only remaining sibling, who's been horribly tortured, to spare her further pain.
Source: Mercy Kill -
That's when Stonebridge charges in from the side, directly in the crossfire of the Indian Army and the remaining terrorists, and leaps up to catch the bomb with about two feet to spare before it hits the ground and blows the hotel to kingdom come.
Source: Series / Strike Back
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