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
Vilhelm	VEEL-helm (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian
Grant	GRANT	English, Scottish
Neophytos	-	Ancient Greek
Ketzi'ah	-	Biblical Hebrew
Gertrudes	-	Portuguese
Shinju	sheen-joo	Japanese