砸死

zásǐ
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to crush to death
  2. 2 to kill by smashing

Examples

Gōngdì shàng yí kuài shítou diào xiàlái chàdiǎn zásǐ tā.
A rock fell at the construction site and nearly crushed him to death.
Dìzhèn zhōng dǎotā de fángwū zásǐle hǎo jǐ gè rén.
Houses collapsing in the earthquake crushed several people to death.

Tips

grammar
Resultative verb compound: (smash) + (die/dead) = 'smash and the result is death.' Same V- pattern as (beat to death), 撞死 (hit to death by collision), (crush to death by weight).

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