No. 12,336 in Russian
казнить
To execute.
In a sentence
Король приказал казнить преступника.
The king ordered the criminal to be executed.
The verb 'казнить' here literally denotes the act of executing a penalty, typically capital punishment.
Он лишь чувствовал, как его могут казнить за такое преступление.
He just felt how he could be executed for such a crime.
The verb 'казнить' in this sentence conveys a hypothetical scenario, discussing the possibility of execution.
Иногда нам нужно не казнить себя за ошибки, а учиться на них.
Sometimes, we need not execute ourselves for mistakes, but learn from them.
In this usage, 'казнить' is used metaphorically to mean being overly harsh or punishing oneself for mistakes.
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