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умере́ть

verb, perfective
Partner умира́ть
often used word (#558)

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die

Also: pass away, depart, be dead

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Мой де́душка у́мер вскоре после моего́ рожде́ния. My grandfather died shortly after my birth.
До́ктор Юкава, облада́тель Но́белевской пре́мии, у́мер в 1981. Dr. Yukawa, the Nobel prize winner, died in 1981.
Уже прошло́ десять лет с тех пор, как оте́ц у́мер. It's already been ten years since my father passed away.
У меня от э́той хуйни брат у́мер. My brother died of that shit.
У́мер в 54 года. He died when he was 54 years old.
Он вчера́ у́мер. He died yesterday.
- Достоевский у́мер. - Протесту́ю! Достоевский бессме́ртен! Dostoyevsky is dead. "I object! Dostoyevsky's immortal!"
Мой де́душка у́мер три года назад. My grandfather passed away three years ago.
Я лу́чше умру́, чем буду жить с позо́ром. I would rather be killed than live in disgrace.
У́зник у́мер под пы́тками. The prisoner died under torture.