No. 7,818 in Dutch
doodde
"Killed" (past tense of "kill").
In a sentence
De jager doodde het konijn met een geweer.
The hunter killed the rabbit with a rifle.
Here, "doodde" is used as a simple past tense indicating an action performed by the subject (the hunter) to end the life of the rabbit.
Zijn fout doodde zijn kans op succes.
His mistake killed his chance at success.
In this sentence, "doodde" is used metaphorically to express elimination or destruction of an abstract concept—his chance at success.
Het oude virus werd uiteindelijk door het medicijn doodde.
The old virus was eventually killed by the medicine.
"Doodde" in this example is applied to describe the action of terminating the state or existence of the virus as executed by the medicine.
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