Idiom
soft kill
Meaning
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.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The spy performed a soft kill to avoid leaving any evidence.”
“The assassin chose a soft kill, ensuring the victim showed no signs of a struggle or weapon use.”
“By executing a precise soft kill, the operative ensured the death appeared entirely natural, thereby leaving the authorities with no physical evidence to investigate.”
Examples
simple
“The spy performed a soft kill to avoid leaving any evidence.”
contextual
“The assassin chose a soft kill, ensuring the victim showed no signs of a struggle or weapon use.”
complex
“By executing a precise soft kill, the operative ensured the death appeared entirely natural, thereby leaving the authorities with no physical evidence to investigate.”
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