掩
=
奄
+
扌
:
Maud Younger (y) builds a bunker (掩) for cover (掩) inside of the anthill (an3). The bunker consists solely of omelets (奄) which Maud stacks to high and thick walls using a toy claw (扌).
to cover up; to conceal / to close (a door, book etc) / (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid / (literary) to launch a surprise attack
to kill / to murder / to attack / to weaken or reduce / to smart (dialect) / (used after a verb) extremely
杀
=
乂
+
朩
:
Sherlock Holmes (sh) is messing around with a sewage pipe sticking out of the floor (朩) in front of the ashram (a1) using pliers (乂). To reduce (杀) the marks he left he is trying to rub them off with an eraser (杀).