claim a life

Fig. [for something] to take the life of someone. The killer tornado claimed the lives of six people at the trailer park. The athlete's life was claimed in a skiing accident.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hlengiwe	-	Southern African, Zulu
Wilt	WILT	English
Bertha	BER-tah (German), BUR-thə (English)	German, English, Ancient Germanic
Yorgos	-	Greek
Sedef	-	Turkish
Roseanne	[rəu'zæn]