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The phrase "afraid of killing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing fear or apprehension about the act of killing, whether in a literal or metaphorical sense.
Example: "He was afraid of killing the mood at the party with his serious conversation."
Alternatives: "fearful of taking a life" or "worried about causing death".
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I think she was just afraid, the way I am — afraid of killing myself, afraid of killing someone else.
I think she was just afraid, the way I am afraid of killing myself, afraid of killing someone else.
Never afraid of killing off key characters, Damages has so many twists and switcheroos, as paths cross and corners are turned, that you may feel travel-sick.
I'm not afraid of spiders or moths, but I'm afraid of killing them!
I can't tell if he hates driving at night because he's afraid of killing someone accidentally with the car, or because he sees what he fightsstrongly for sucked up in seconds by the rapacious flames of human despair.
When you attack, you're afraid of killing someone.
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It is so nice to be at peace with your neighbor…but if my neighbor is an extortionist, a truant, I'd be afraid of him killing me.
I'm not afraid of being killed.
"I was so afraid of being killed.
'I'm not afraid of being killed,' she says.
It allows a person to use deadly force if he or she is afraid of being killed or seriously injured.
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