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умере́ть

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

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die

Also: pass away

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У́зник у́мер под пы́тками. The prisoner died under torture.
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.
Рано или поздно мы все умрём. Sooner or later we all are going to die.
Если со́лнце переста́нет свети́ть, все живо́е умрёт. If the sun were to stop shining, all living things would die.
Его сын у́мер в про́шлом году. His son died last year.
Мой дя́дя у́мер от ра́ка. My uncle died of cancer.
Тот мужчи́на у́мер неде́лю назад от ра́ка легких. That man died of lung cancer a week ago.
Один из близнецо́в жив, но второй у́мер. One of the twins is alive, but the other is dead.
Он у́мер пять лет назад. He died five years ago.