take someone's life in English

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] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> someone's life}} take someone's life (third-person singular simple present takes someone's life, present participle taking someone's life, simple past took someone's life, past participle taken someone's life)

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        "To kill someone; to cause someone's death."
      ],
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "claim someone's life"
        }
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "with-ablative"
          ],
          "word": "riistää henki"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "ôter la vie"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "coûter la vie"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
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          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "odbierać życie"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "Translations",
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          "word": "odebrać życie"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
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          "word": "pozbawiać życia"
        },
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            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "pozbawić życia"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "take someone's life"
}

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    {
      "form": "takes someone's life",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "taking someone's life",
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "glosses": [
        "To kill someone; to cause someone's death."
      ],
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          "kill",
          "kill"
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          "cause",
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "with-ablative"
      ],
      "word": "riistää henki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ôter la vie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "coûter la vie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "odbierać życie"
    },
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    {
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "pozbawiać życia"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "pozbawić życia"
    }
  ],
  "word": "take someone's life"
}

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"take someone's life" meaning in English

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