ปลิดชีพ(bplìt chêep)

Meanings

1VerbB2

[to] kill; [to] take [sb's] life

to cause someone to die; to take a life, often used in a formal or literary context.

Examples

คนร้ายkon ráaiคนร้ายkon ráai1criminal; culprit; perpetrator; assailant2villain (in fiction)ใช้cháiใช้chái1[to] use; employ2[to] spend (money); pay; expend3[to] require; take (time/effort/amount)4[to] order; command (someone to do) [colloq.]5be acceptable/valid; okay [set phrase]ปืนbpeunปืนbpeun1gun; firearm2gun (as a type: water/BB/air gun)ปลิดชีพbplìt chêepปลิดชีพbplìt chêep1[to] kill; [to] take [sb's] life2[to] take one's own life; [to] commit suicideเหยื่อyèuuaเหยื่อyèuua1bait; lure2victim; preyก่อนจะgòn jàก่อนจะgòn jàbefore; just before (introducing an earlier action)หลบหนีlòp nĕeหลบหนีlòp nĕe1[to] escape; flee2[to] evade; abscondไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)
The culprit used a gun to take the victim's life before fleeing.
2VerbB2

[to] take one's own life; [to] commit suicide

to end your own life; formal or literary.

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillทิ้งtíngทิ้งtíng1[to] throw away; discard2[to] abandon; desert3[to] drop; let fall4[to] waste; squander5[to] leave behind; leave (sth) behindจดหมายjòt măaiจดหมายjòt măai1letter (mail)2formal letter; epistleลาlaaลาlaa1donkey2[to] say goodbye; take one’s leave3leave (from work/school)4[to] request leaveตายdtaaiตายdtaai1[to] die; pass away2dead3[of devices] dead; not working4be doomed; be in big trouble (informal)5extremely; utterly (intensifier, informal)ไว้ก่อนwái gònไว้ก่อนwái gòn1for now; for the time being2in advance; beforehandตัดสินใจdtàt-sĭn-jaiตัดสินใจdtàt-sĭn-jai[to] decideปลิดชีพตัวเองbplìt chêep dtuua ayngปลิดชีพตัวเองbplìt chêep dtuua ayng[to] commit suicide
He left a suicide note before deciding to end his own life.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ปลิดbplìtปลิดbplìt[to] pluck; [to] pick; [to] snap off [sth] (from a stem/branch)Part 1
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ชีพchêepชีพchêep1life; vital force2vital; life-related (as modifier)Part 2
ปลิดชีพbplìt chêepปลิดชีพbplìt chêep[to] kill; [to] take [sb's] life