was killing, was tormenting
J'ai vu comment on tuait les cochons et j'ai fait la même chose.
I saw how pigs were killed and did the same thing.
— The Chaser (2008)
Il tuait au couteau, à bout portant.
He killed with a knife, at point-blank range.
— The Shadow's Edge (2025)
Lestat tuait deux ou trois fois par nuit.
Lestat killed two or three times a night.
— Entretien avec un vampire (1994)
Tu as dit avoir tué tes parents par peur du rêve où on te tuait.
You said you killed your parents out of fear of a dream where you were killed.
— The Garden of Sinners, film 5 : Spirale contradictoire (2008)
Il y choisissait ses victimes, les tuait, puis changeait d'école.
He would choose his victims there, kill them, and then change schools.
— Lady Vengeance (2005)
Avoir manqué le paquebot de quarante-cinq minutes, cela le tuait.
Missing the ocean liner by forty-five minutes was killing him.