No. 2,621 in Russian
убивать
"To kill."
In a sentence
Он не хотел убивать времени зря.
He did not want to waste time.
In this usage, 'убивать' is used colloquially in the sense of killing or wasting time.
Охотник пошёл в лес, чтобы убивать дичь.
The hunter went into the forest to kill game.
Here, 'убивать' is used in a literal sense, meaning to physically kill an animal.
Эта музыка может буквально убивать своим качеством.
This music can literally kill with its quality.
In this sentence, 'убивать' is used figuratively to express something overwhelming or stunning in quality.
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