Russian

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Etymology

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до- (do-) +‎ бить (bitʹ)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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доби́ть (dobítʹpf (imperfective добива́ть)

  1. to kill off, to finish off
  2. to crush completely, to destroy completely
  3. (colloquial) to finish
  4. to beat [with до (do, + genitive) ‘to a particular state’]
  5. to finish chiming (of a clock)

Conjugation

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