No. 2,622 in Russian
убили
"Убили" means "killed" in English.
In a sentence
На прошлой неделе убили известного журналиста.
Last week, a famous journalist was killed.
The word 'убили' is used in the context of a completed action ('killed') referring to a person's unfortunate demise.
Солдаты убили врага в бою.
The soldiers killed the enemy in battle.
Here, 'убили' indicates an active action undertaken by a subject to eliminate an adversary.
Если бы они не убили каждую возможную вероятность успеха, всё могло бы быть иначе.
If they hadn't killed every possible chance of success, everything could have been different.
In this sentence, 'убили' is employed metaphorically to express the obliteration or ruining of chances.
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