убивать — meaning in English

English meaning

• assassinate verb To murder someone, especially a prominent or political figure, typically in a planned or sudden attack.
• kill verb To cause the death of a person, animal, or living thing.
• murder noun The crime of deliberately killing another person.
• slay verb To kill.

Senses

убивать is used for these senses in English:

• kill (transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
• murder To illegally kill (a person or persons) with intent, especially with predetermination
• murder (figuratively, colloquial, hyperbolic) To kick someone's ass or chew someone out (used to express one’s anger at somebody).

assassinate — full definition

1. verb To murder someone, especially a prominent or political figure, typically in a planned or sudden attack.
2. verb To severely damage someone's reputation through slander or vicious criticism.

kill — full definition

1. verb To cause the death of a person, animal, or living thing.
2. verb To stop, switch off, or put an end to something completely.
3. verb To cause severe pain, exhaustion, or distress — often used informally and not literally.
4. noun An act of killing, or the animal or target that has been killed.

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