Zack Phuc
2021-07-02 02:07
Claim a/the/(one's) life idiom
If a brutal event or an illness claims (one's) life, it kills them or takes their live.
The earthquake in the Strait of Messina in 1908 claimed hundreds of thousands of lives.
The vicious cancer claimed her life yesterday. She breathed her last at 5:00 PM.
The shooting took place last night in the downtown area and claimed 50 lives.
With the threat of being killed as punishment, if one does not do something
To kill someone or oneself by shooting in the head.
To kill yourself.
(Typically said a threat against someone) To attack, kill one violently.
To murder someone without hesitation, pity, or discernment.
Do you see anything wrong?
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