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Five asylum seekers reportedly killed in attempt to cross Channel to UK (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 6 months ago by Pringles@lemm.ee to c/europe@feddit.de

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[–] geissi@feddit.de 5 points 6 months ago

While I agree that "died" would have been a bit more neutral, killed is not wrong.

A common expression is "It's not the fall that kills you, it's the sudden stop at the bottom."
In this case neither the fall nor the sudden stop are people but they can still "kill" you.

The "living thing" in the quote above refers to that which is killed by the way. It's the object, not the subject of the sentence.