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hävitä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • die verb To stop living; to reach the end of life.
  • disappear verb To vanish from sight; to stop being visible.
  • fall verb To move downward, especially suddenly and without control.
  • job noun A paid position of regular employment.
  • lose verb To no longer have something you once had, whether by accident, carelessness, or misfortune.
  • vanish verb To disappear suddenly, or to go out of sight without being noticed.

Senses

hävitä is used for these senses in English:

  • break away To leave suddenly.
  • break up (intransitive, telecommunications) Of a conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection; of a signal, to deteriorate.
  • die To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.
  • disappear (intransitive) To vanish.
  • disappear (transitive, often, euphemistic) To make vanish; especially, to abduct or murder for political reasons.
  • fall (intransitive) To collapse; to be overthrown or defeated.
  • get lost (intransitive) To be absent, to seem to be absent.
  • go away To vanish or disappear.

die — full definition

  1. verb To stop living; to reach the end of life.
  2. verb To stop working or functioning; to break down.
  3. verb To want something so much it feels overwhelming (informal, exaggerated use).
  4. noun A small cube marked with dots on each face, used in games of chance (plural: dice).
  5. noun A tool or mold used to cut or shape metal, plastic, or other material into a specific form.

disappear — full definition

  1. verb To vanish from sight; to stop being visible.
  2. verb To go missing, especially suddenly and without explanation.
  3. verb (transitive, informal) To make someone vanish, especially by abducting or killing them for political reasons.

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