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slopen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • collapse verb To fall down or cave in suddenly.
  • demolish verb To tear down or destroy a building or structure, usually deliberately.
  • destroy verb To damage something so severely that it no longer exists or can't be repaired.
  • destruct verb To destroy something deliberately, especially as part of a built-in mechanism.
  • tear verb To pull something apart or make a hole in it by force.
  • wreck noun The remains of a vehicle, ship, or structure that has been destroyed or badly damaged.

Senses

slopen is used for these senses in English:

  • break down (transitive) To intentionally demolish; to pull down.
  • collapse (intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.
  • demolish To devour; to eat up
  • destroy (ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
  • destruct (transitive, nonstandard) To intentionally cause the destruction of.
  • tear (transitive, of structures, with down) To demolish.
  • wreck (transitive) To destroy violently; to cause severe damage to something, to a point where it no longer works, or is useless.

collapse — full definition

  1. verb To fall down or cave in suddenly.
  2. verb To fail suddenly and completely.
  3. verb To suddenly fall to the ground, typically from exhaustion, illness, or fainting.
  4. verb To fold something into a smaller, more compact shape.

demolish — full definition

  1. verb To tear down or destroy a building or structure, usually deliberately.
  2. verb To thoroughly defeat, disprove, or destroy something such as an argument, theory, or opponent.

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