No. 5,938 in Russian
сбивать
To knock down, shoot down, or dislodge.
In a sentence
Самолёт был сбит ракетой.
The aircraft was shot down by a missile.
The word 'сбивать' in this context means 'to shoot down' and is used to describe a literal act of causing an aircraft to lose its ability to stay airborne, often aggressively.
Ты сбиваешь меня с толку.
You are confusing me.
Here, 'сбивать' figuratively refers to causing someone to lose comprehension or orientation in understanding, commonly followed by the phrase 'с толку' (confusion).
Он случайно сбил чашку со стола.
He accidentally knocked the cup off the table.
In this example, 'сбивать' conveys the action of knocking off an object from a certain place, often unintentionally.
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