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Kill 關（切斷）
To switch something off, immediately: kill the smoke, kill channel 5, kill pyro. In safety contexts it is the ONLY verb - a kill switch or e-stop removes energy and the call is not ambiguous. Never used casually about rigging or automation moves.
中文
即時切斷：kill 煙機、kill pyro。喺安全語境入面係唯一動詞，e-stop 斷能量，呢個字無歧義，所以唔會亂用。
Easy to get wrong
"Lose" (lose the haze) is a soft fade request; "kill" is now. Mixing them up on comms turns a taste note into an emergency stop, or worse, the reverse.
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- Theatrecrafts glossary of technical theatre terms — Theatrecrafts / ABTT heritage primary
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