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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

take someone's life en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (euphemistic, idiomatic) To kill someone; to cause someone's death.
    • Those that wish to stop our cause have tried to take my freedom, and indeed, to take my life. 2025 January 20, Donald Trump, Inaugural Address (2025):

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
took someone's life Tense=Past lexicographic
taken someone's life Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
takes someone's life Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
taking someone's life Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

claim someone's life

Translations (9)

pl pozbawiać życia (Translations) · pl odbierać życie (Translations) · fr coûter la vie (Translations) · de jemandem das Leben nehmen (Translations) · pl pozbawić życia (Translations) · fr ôter la vie (Translations) · fi riistää henki (Translations) · de jemandes Leben nehmen (Translations) · pl odebrać życie (Translations)