how to pronounce убивать

/ʊbʲɪˈvatʲ/

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убивать is pronounced in three syllables

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bʲ

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tʲ

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

“… объясню с 10-15 минут убивать конкретную …”

meanings of убивать

verb:

To beat (in cards).
To drive to despair.
To kill.
To waste.
To murder.

убивать frequency in russian - C1 level of CEFR

the word убивать occurs in russian on average 12.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.