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Top 500verb, imperfective

убива́ть

[ʊbʲɪˈvatʲ]to kill

Frequency rank #472 About 1 in every 4,900 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
убивать #472

Meaning

  1. to kill
  2. to murder
  3. to beat

Examples

Не убива́й паука́!

Don't kill the spider!

Related

Forms by frequency

  • убива́тьinfinitive#1,356
  • убива́лmasculine, singular, past#2,230
  • убива́етsingular, 3rd person, present#2,531
  • убива́ютplural, 3rd person, present#4,172
  • убива́лаfeminine, singular, past#8,015
  • убива́лиplural, past#8,071
  • убива́ешьsingular, 2nd person, present#9,221
  • убива́йimperative, singular, 2nd person#10,616
  • убива́йтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#13,890
  • убива́юsingular, 1st person, present#14,069
  • убива́етеplural, 2nd person, present#20,481
  • убива́яpresent, gerund#21,500
  • убива́емplural, 1st person, present#21,763
  • убива́ющийpresent, participle

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