At this point, however, they're trying to kill the public option in more subtle ways.

在这一点上，他们尝试用更加狡猾的方式扼杀公众的选择权。

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Without his heroic efforts, his wounded commander would not have been moved safely out of the kill zone to the casualty collection point.

没有他的英勇奋战，他受伤的分队长不可能被安全地带出火力杀伤区，转移到伤亡收集点(casualty collection point .)。

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At this point, he threatened to kill a hostage.

在这个节骨眼上，他威胁杀死人质。

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"Our anticipation is that it will be another seven to ten days to complete all of the preparations that we need to exercise this option and then at that point, we'll pump the kill mud and hopefully have this well killed, and well shut off, and the flow shut off."

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Was there information flowing back and forth, and it was directed that, yes, go for the kill at that point?

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

This pressure response has to be associated with the reservoir flowing hydrocarbons and again at this point kill operations should have been initiated by the BP engineers.

WSJ: The Oil Disaster Is About Human, Not System, Failure

It would permit Senate Democrats to kill the reconciliation bill on a point of order.

CNN: By Andrew Taylor, CQ Staff Writer