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To kill every possibility but one and live with the corpse.
means To pick one option from two or more, accepting that you're rejecting the rest.
from From Old English ceosan, to taste or test — because deciding was once a matter of trying before trusting.
Taste testOriginal sense meant sampling, not just selecting.
Free willPhilosophers still argue whether you ever truly do.
Chosen oneSame root, but the picking goes the other way.