息いきの根ねを止とめる

expression, ichidan verb

kill; choke the life out of

Idiomatic expression meaning to kill, often with a nuance of strangling or cutting off breath. Used in both literal and figurative contexts.

• 犯はん人にんは被ひ害がい者しゃの息いきの根ねを止とめた。

  The criminal killed the victim.

• その一ひと言ことが彼かれの希き望ぼうの息いきの根ねを止とめた。

  That one word killed his hope.