đập chết

Một người nông dân đập chết con rắn bằng cây gậy.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To beat to death: To kill someone or something by striking repeatedly with great force.
   • To smash to death: To kill by delivering a crushing blow, often with a heavy object.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Kẻ tấn công đã đập chết con rắn bằng một hòn đá. (The attacker beat the snake to death with a rock.)
  • Cơn giận mù quáng có thể khiến người ta đập chết một con côn trùng. (Blind rage can make someone smash an insect to death.)

Advanced Usage

• This phrase is often used to describe violent, impulsive killings of animals, insects, or, in a criminal context, people. It emphasizes a method of killing that involves blunt force trauma rather than weapons like knives or guns.
  • Trong câu chuyện, gã khổng lồ đe dọa sẽ đập chết bất kỳ ai dám vào lãnh địa của hắn. (In the story, the giant threatened to beat to death anyone who dared enter his domain.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đập (v): to hit, to strike, to smash. The core verb meaning "to strike."
• Giết chết (v): to kill. A more general synonym for causing death.

Synonyms

• To bludgeon to death: To kill by beating with a heavy object.
• To batter to death: To kill by hitting repeatedly and violently.

Related Idioms

• While "đập chết" itself is not an idiom, it is a vivid and specific verb phrase. Related figurative expressions involve "đập."
  • Đập vào mắt: (lit. to hit the eyes) meaning to be very conspicuous or eye-catching. This is distinct from the violent meaning of "đập chết."