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Adi learns that his uncle guarded prisoners who were taken to be killed.

"It's kind of a catch-22 where if they can survive that hunting season, they're most likely going to be fine. But at the same time, too, if they don't travel that fast and are predictable, then they have the potential to be killed by a predator."

So, what compelled the gladiatrix to liberate herself from the expectations of womanhood — like contemporary fighters — and take the oath of the gladiator: “I will endure to be burned, to be bound, to be beaten and to be killed by the sword”?

From Salon

Passenger Saeeda Bano described to BBC Urdu how she feared she would be killed as she hid under the car seats with her children.

From BBC

The cause was the evolution of treatment-resistant cells that could not be killed through existing cancer-fighting drugs.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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