to kill to exhaust, make tired 5 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia
ACCEPTED Realization 1 (ID: 12654)
type Polysemy
language Abaza
lexeme ɕra
meaning 1 to kill
direction
meaning 2 to exhaust
reference Tugov 1967
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ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 39376)
type Polysemy
language Croatian
lexeme ubiti
meaning 1 to kill
direction
meaning 2 to exhaust

ubiti se od posla


exhaust yourself with work

reference HJP
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NEW Realization 3 (ID: 51001)
type Polysemy
language French
lexeme crevé
meaning 1 to kill

Si vous me foutez avec les Fritz, j'en crève un... Je ne veux plus voir leurs sales gueules...  (Dorgelès, Les Croix de bois, 1919, p. 275)


If you stick me with the Krauts, I'll kill one of them... I don't want to see their ugly mugs anymore... 

direction
meaning 2 to exhaust

Moi, je suis éreinté ! J'en ai fait du service de nuit en ville depuis deux ans! Vous vous rendez compte? pensez donc! absolument éreinté ! crevé ! (Céline, Voyage au bout de la nuit, 1932, p. 132)


I'm completely worn out! I've been working the night shift in the city for two years! Can you believe it? Just think about it! Absolutely worn out! Exhausted!

reference CNRTL
comment Both meanings are colloquial.
ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 39377)
type Polysemy
language Hungarian
lexeme öl
meaning 1 to kill

Ne ölj!


Don't kill!

direction
meaning 2 to exhaust, to tire yourself out so much that you endanger your health

Dologgal öli magát a tanyán … (Gyulai Pál)


He tires himself out with work on the farm... (Pál Gyulai)

reference MEK 1978
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ACCEPTED Realization 5 (ID: 39284)
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme öldürmek
meaning 1 to kill

O, ejderhayı öldürdü ve prensesi kurtardı.


He slayed the dragon and saved the princess.

direction
meaning 2 to exhaust

bu yol bizi öldürdü


this road exausted us.

reference Baskakov 1977: 701
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