Any of them might kill him if they knew they couldn't take him. But they would try to take him first.

那些国家都知道要是得不到他就一定要置他于死地，不过他们更愿意先试着抓他。

youdao

When people find out that “I study ants, bees and other crawly things, the first thing they ask is do I know how to kill them.”

当人们得知“我研究蚂蚁、蜜蜂，以及其他令人毛骨悚然的生物时，他们的第一反应是问我如何杀死它们”。

youdao

I thought we started well and after scoring the first I thought we could go on and kill them.

我想我们开局不错，早早就进球了。开始我想我们可以一鼓作气干掉他们。

youdao

Such men have no other rule, but that of force and violence," listen to this, "So may be treated as beasts of prey those dangerous and noxious creatures that will be sure to destroy to you " if you fall into their power", so kill them first.

这种人除强力和暴力的法则之外，没有其他法则“,注意这里，“因此可以被当作猛兽，危险和有害的动物看待,要落在它们的爪牙之内,就一定会遭到毁灭，所以先下手为强。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

But in the days before cameras, first he had to kill them.

ECONOMIST: John James Audubon

Any one of them could hold a secondary explosive device to kill the first responders.

NPR: Spring a Season of Dread for Troops in Afghanistan

Physically it is the same for anyone else that a small man can easily kill and very large athletic large man if they see them as food first, and target second.

FORBES: Why The Best Spies in Mossad And The CIA Are Women