soft kill

The neutralization of an incoming munition by avoiding it rather than destroying it.

Noun

  1. The neutralization of an incoming munition by avoiding it rather than destroying it.

    Coordinate Terms: hard kill

  2. 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

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