To forcefully terminate a cluster node that is in any state where it can respond to management operations, use the following rhino-console command or related MBean operation.
Console command: kill
Command  | 
kill -nodes node1,node2,... Forcefully terminate the specified nodes (forces them to become non-primary)  | 
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Example  | 
To forcefully terminate nodes 102 and 103: $ ./rhino-console kill -nodes 102,103 Terminating node(s) [102,103] Termination successful  | 
MBean operation: kill
MBean  | 
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Rhino operation  | 
public void kill(int[] nodeIDs)
  throws NullPointerException, InvalidArgumentException,
    ManagementException;
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 Application state may be lost 
Killing a node is not recommended — forcibly terminated nodes lose all non-replicated application state.  | 
