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уби́ть

verb, perfective
Partner убива́ть
often used word (#587)

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kill

Also: murder, assassinate, slay

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Пока мы ду́маем, как уби́ть вре́мя, вре́мя убива́ет нас. While we're thinking about how to kill time, time kills us.
Я броди́л по у́лицам, чтобы уби́ть вре́мя. I strolled along the streets to kill time.
Кенни Горелик уби́л саксофон-сопрано. Kenny Gorelick murdered the soprano saxophone.
Поверив в то, что Джульетта мертва́, Ромео реши́л уби́ть себя. Romeo, believing that Juliet was dead, decided to kill himself.
Бетти уби́ла свою́ мать. Betty killed her own mother.
Кем был тот челове́к, кото́рого уби́ли на холме́? Who was the man killed on the hill?
Они попыта́лись уби́ть президе́нта. They attempted to assassinate the president.
Он по глу́пости уби́л гу́ся. He killed the goose, foolishly.
Я прочита́л в газе́те, что его уби́ли. I read in the paper that he was murdered.
Она собира́ется меня уби́ть. She's going to kill me.