"soft kill" meaning in English

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        "The neutralization of an incoming munition by avoiding it rather than destroying it."
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        "(military) The neutralization of an incoming munition by avoiding it rather than destroying it."
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          "text": "Police concluded that she had been the victim of a soft kill, since she had been strangled to death.",
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        "A murder that does not leave behind any physical evidence, because the perpetrator carried out the crime by using their bare hands, as opposed to a weapon."
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        "(idiomatic) A murder that does not leave behind any physical evidence, because the perpetrator carried out the crime by using their bare hands, as opposed to a weapon."
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        "The neutralization of an incoming munition by avoiding it rather than destroying it."
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          "avoid",
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        "(military) The neutralization of an incoming munition by avoiding it rather than destroying it."
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        "A murder that does not leave behind any physical evidence, because the perpetrator carried out the crime by using their bare hands, as opposed to a weapon."
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        "(idiomatic) A murder that does not leave behind any physical evidence, because the perpetrator carried out the crime by using their bare hands, as opposed to a weapon."
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