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soft kill

soft kill noun: the neutralization of an incoming munition by avoiding it rather than destroying it.

Noun

soft kill (uncountable)

  1. The neutralization of an incoming munition by avoiding it rather than destroying it.
  2. (idiomatic) A murder that does not leave behind any physical evidence, because the perpetrator carried out the crime by using their bare hands, as opposed to a weapon.
    • Police concluded that she had been the victim of a soft kill, since she had been strangled to death.

Forms of soft kill

alternative formsoftkill

Questions about soft kill

What does soft kill mean?
Soft kill means the neutralization of an incoming munition by avoiding it rather than destroying it.
What part of speech is soft kill?
Soft kill is a noun.

Words near soft kill in the dictionary

  1. soft inquiry
  2. soft jade
  3. soft jades
  4. soft key
  5. soft keys
  6. soft kill
  7. soft land
  8. soft landed
  9. soft landing
  10. soft landings
  11. soft lands

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