• idiomaddict@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      I suspect that’s because kill is often used as a synonym for murder, and pulling a trigger with the intent and result of ending a person’s life is not necessarily murder, that needs to be proven in court.

      Imo, the denotation of “kill” is actually neutral, but it’s got a pretty rough connotation.