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The phrase "are told to kill" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where individuals or groups are instructed or commanded to commit an act of killing.
Example: "In the story, the soldiers are told to kill anyone who poses a threat to their mission."
Alternatives: "are instructed to kill" or "are commanded to kill".
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At the start, the unsmiling queen and her husband (John C. Reilly), yearning for a child, are told to kill a sea monster, and to have its heart cooked by a virgin.
It's a shame, I think, that my equivalent in the future will not be pokey, friendly sweet shops, but more likely an echo chamber in which columnists are told to kill themselves by otherkin teenagers for time immemorial.
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Being told to kill yourself.
"He was a military-aged male, and we were told to kill all military-aged males".
If I'd been told to kill him, I'd have done it.
To cut them off from their roots, they may be told to kill their parents, or the local chieftain.
Girumuhatse announced that one reason he had been under pressure to kill during the genocide was that he had been told to kill his wife, a Tutsi.
Sam Bailey has allegedly received death threats and been told to kill herself after responding to the Paris terror attacks by calling for Britain to close its borders.
But the bullying did not end there; Rebecca was told to "kill herself" and "drink bleach and die" among other things, the police added.
As a windtalker, he is escorted into battle by a grizzled sergeant (Nicolas Cage), who is told to kill him if necessary to prevent his capture.
But Marlene Covey, who worked several weeks at the farm this year caring for piglets, said employees were told to kill pigs they believed were too sick to live.
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