be killed
Example Sentences
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Not her, of course, but Claire Bennet — the Odessa, Texas high school cheerleader who couldn’t be killed.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
Plus, Lavina and McCollum and the community members they organized don’t just want hyperscale centers out of all PGC land; they also want the Landover proposal to be killed for good.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
It’s a stinging insult: By the samurai code, Kanbei should be killed, not imprisoned — Murashige couldn’t have landed a more devastating slap than by letting him live.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
So the Sora video-generating app was canceled, and my guess is the Atlas browser—plus a mysterious hardware device by designer diva Jony Ive—may be the next to be killed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
If especially susceptible the cell may be killed outright, or finally, after the passage of time measured in years, it may become malignant.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
