kill

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Otters are a protected species and it is an offence to deliberately or recklessly harass, capture, injure or kill them.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

“They’re going to chase faster; they need to make up that money, because they think, ‘My parents are going to kill me.’”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Hence the one-year timeline for a kill switch should the bubble burst sooner than the stakeholders anticipate.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

“We’ve known for a long time that chimpanzees will attack and kill their neighbors,” said primatologist John Mitani, professor emeritus at the University of Michigan and a study co-author.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

The CIA eventually cleared Powers of any suspicion of disloyalty—but did not explain to the public that pilots were never ordered to kill themselves, or even to carry the hollow coin with the poison needle.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin