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softkill

softkill is the alternative form of soft kill.

Meaning of soft kill

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.

Questions about softkill

What is softkill the alternative form of?
Softkill is the alternative form of soft kill.

Words near softkill in the dictionary

  1. softirq
  2. softirqs
  3. softish
  4. softkey
  5. softkeys
  6. softkill
  7. softleaf
  8. Softley
  9. softlier
  10. softliest
  11. softlifting

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