"take someone's life" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: takes someone's life [present, singular, third-person], taking someone's life [participle, present], took someone's life [past], taken someone's life [participle, past]
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  1. To kill someone; to cause someone's death. Related terms: claim someone's life Translations (Translations): riistää henki [with-ablative] (Finnish), ôter la vie (French), coûter la vie (French), odbierać życie [imperfective] (Polish), odebrać życie [perfective] (Polish), pozbawiać życia [imperfective] (Polish), pozbawić życia [perfective] (Polish)
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