• idiomaddict@lemmy.world
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    3 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.