убивати

недок. убивати, док. убити

1) to kill, to make away with; to take one's life; (навмисне) to murder; (під час замаху) to assassinate; (страчувати) to put to death; рит. to slay; to slaughter, to butcher, to massacre

2) перен. to kill, to finish; to destroy; to break, to smash

її відмова убила його — her refusal finished him

хоч убий, не можу зрозуміти — I cannot understand it for the life of me

3) розм. (марнувати) to waste; to expend

убивати час — to kill (to lounge away) time

4) карт. to cover

убивати карту — to trump a card