take someone's life

verb

To kill someone; to cause someone's death.

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Meanings

verbtake someone's life (third-person singular simple present takes someone's life, present participle taking someone's life, simple past took someone's life, past participle taken someone's life)

present singular third person takes someone's life · participle present taking someone's life · past took someone's life · participle past taken someone's life

  1. euphemisticidiomaticTo kill someone; to cause someone's death.

    Those that wish to stop our cause have tried to take my freedom, and indeed, to take my life.

    2025 January 20, Donald Trump, Inaugural Address (2025)

Translations

Finnish riistää henki
  • riistää henkiTranslations
French ôter la vie, coûter la vie
  • ôter la vieTranslations
  • coûter la vieTranslations
German jemandem das Leben nehmen, jemandes Leben nehmen
  • jemandem das Leben nehmenTranslations
  • jemandes Leben nehmenTranslations
Polish odbierać życie, odebrać życie
  • odbierać życieTranslations
  • odebrać życieTranslations
  • pozbawiać życiaTranslations
  • pozbawić życiaTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

take someone's life. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20someone's%20life

MLA

“take someone's life.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20someone's%20life. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “take someone's life,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20someone's%20life.

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