No. 1,206 in French

tués

"Tués" means "killed" in English.

In a sentence

Les soldats ont été tués sur le champ de bataille.
The soldiers were killed on the battlefield.
In this sentence, 'tués' is used in the past participle form to describe an action that happened to the subject, indicating they were killed on the battlefield.
Ils se souviennent des civils tués lors du conflit.
They remember the civilians killed during the conflict.
Here, 'tués' acts as an adjective describing the civilians who were killed, providing more information about them within the context of the sentence.
Pourquoi tant d'animaux sont-ils tués chaque année ?
Why are so many animals killed each year?
In this example, 'tués' appears as the past participle of the verb 'tuer' in a passive voice construction to express the action carried out on the subject, the animals.

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