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Killed vs Died (lemmygrad.ml)
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[โ€“] 520@kbin.social -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Then the argument would have been about died/slain.

No one is imagining 500 deaths in a string of events is people peacefully passing away in the night.

[โ€“] WalrusDragonOnABike@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

It would have been killed/slain, which are pretty equivalent.

Passive vs active language does make a difference in emotion reaction to things.