If the blow had not killed him the knife would.
If she hadn't been a Mueller, the blow might well have killed her.
The second or third blow probably killed her; the others were just to make sure.
The first few blows had killed him, it no in its wisdom.
A blow directed to the head will quite easily kill a man.
You knew the old man was sick and that a blow like this one could easily kill him.
The blow would have killed if he had been on target.
Had he not caught the full weight of it on his arm, the blow would have killed him.
The girls presumed that one blow would kill her but it took more than 20.
You found one yourself: that place between mouth and nose where a blow will kill them.