kill

Example Sentences

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Teams are deployed all year round to cut and kill rhododendron in the rainforests to allow native woodlands, and the life they support, to return.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Militaries at war can lawfully kill combatants, including members of nonstate groups such as Hamas, even under a cease-fire, said Rachel VanLandingham, a national-security-law expert and former judge advocate in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Conversely, if you knew an incurable cancer would kill you at 65, you’d probably take Social Security at your earliest eligibility of 62.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

"Our work shows that MYC isn't just helping cancer cells grow -- it's also helping them survive some of the very treatments designed to kill them," said senior author Rosalie Sears, Ph.D.,

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

Through a miracle or two my stupidity in tying myself to the sled does not kill me.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen