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I'm a deadly solution
Applied in revolution
With even distribution
On two parts in involution
Causing mass execution
Of things Lilliputian
Used by resolution
To achieve ablution

What am I?

Hint:

Look at the title again

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You are:

SOAP

I'm a deadly solution

'Solution' here could be used in the context of being an answer to a problem or of a liquid mixture (e.g. handsoap from a bottle).

Applied in revolution
With even distribution
On two parts in involution

This describes good hand-washing technique - applying soap evenly to both hands with rotating motions.

Causing mass execution
Of things Lilliputian

Soap kills the millions of microscopic ('Lilliputian') bacteria that live upon your skin!

Used by resolution
To achieve ablution

This is after all the whole point of using soap - you do it deliberately to clean your hands.

This explains the title too:

Soap kills off ('murders') the bacteria on your hands. At least you won't go to jail for this though...

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    $\begingroup$ ...and if you think of how many keyboards died at the hands of ravaging programmers who have to work with SOAP protocol... $\endgroup$
    – Cerberus
    Nov 6, 2019 at 11:00
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I thought:

razor

for some reason, which sorta works?

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    $\begingroup$ It's a bit sketchy, but it works (funnily enough), except for the first line. I suppose even the first line works, if you take "solution" in a different manner. $\endgroup$
    – Avi
    Nov 6, 2019 at 3:57

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