how to pronounce топить

/tɐˈpʲitʲ/

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топить is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of топить in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… вами и будем топить бую потому что …”

meanings of топить

verb:

To melt, to render (fat).
To support (a club or political party).
To topple (a person involved in politics, a student during exam).
To stoke (an oven).
To sink.
To heat.
To drive (as qualifier "against the rules" or "much quicker than usually").
To drown.

топить frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word топить occurs in russian on average 1.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.