hajottaa — meaning in English

English meaning

• break verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
• crack verb To break, split, or form a line of damage without falling completely apart.
• decompose verb To break something down into its separate parts or components.
• demolish verb To tear down or destroy a building or structure, usually deliberately.
• diffuse verb To spread something out through a substance or space, or to spread out that way.
• disintegrate verb To break apart into pieces, or to fall apart completely.
• dismantle verb To take something apart piece by piece.
• dismember verb To cut or tear the limbs off a body.
• disperse verb To scatter or spread out in different directions.
• dissociate verb In psychology, to become mentally detached from your thoughts, feelings, body or surroundings, so that experience feels unreal or distant. It often happens under stress or trauma.
• dissolve verb To mix completely into a liquid so as to become part of the solution.
• filter noun A device or material that removes unwanted particles, substances, or signals from something passing through it.
• fracture noun A break, crack, or split — especially in a bone, but also in rock or other hard material.
• fragment noun A small broken-off piece of something larger.
• resolve verb To find a satisfactory solution to a problem or disagreement.
• splinter noun A thin, sharp fragment broken off from a larger piece, often wood.
• spread verb To open something out so it covers a wider area.
• strew verb To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.
• unravel verb To untangle or separate threads that have become knotted or woven together.

Senses

hajottaa is used for these senses in English:

• break (intransitive, of a voice) To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.
• break out (transitive) To separate (something) from a bundle.
• break up (transitive, idiomatic) To stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting.
• crack (transitive, chemistry) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
• decompose (transitive) To separate or break down (something) into its components.
• demolish To devour; to eat up
• diffuse (transitive) To spread (something) over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
• diffuse (intransitive) To be spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.

break — full definition

1. verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
2. verb To stop working properly; to malfunction.
3. verb To fail to keep (a promise, rule, or law).
4. verb To interrupt or bring an end to something continuous.
5. noun A short pause or rest from an activity.

crack — full definition

1. verb To break, split, or form a line of damage without falling completely apart.
2. verb To solve a difficult problem or figure something out.
3. verb To break down or give in under pressure, especially during questioning or stress.
4. verb To make a joke.
5. noun A thin line or split in a surface.

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