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
- verb To fall down or cave in suddenly.
- verb To fail suddenly and completely.
- verb To suddenly fall to the ground, typically from exhaustion, illness, or fainting.
- verb To fold something into a smaller, more compact shape.
demolish — full definition
- verb To tear down or destroy a building or structure, usually deliberately.
- verb To thoroughly defeat, disprove, or destroy something such as an argument, theory, or opponent.