kurittaa — meaning in English
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English meaning
- chastise verb To criticise or scold someone sharply for something they did wrong.
- discipline noun The practice of training yourself or others to follow rules and control behavior.
- lambaste verb To criticize someone very strongly and angrily.
- punish verb To make someone suffer a penalty for wrongdoing or misconduct.
- wreak verb To cause or inflict something damaging or violent, such as havoc, damage, or revenge.
Senses
kurittaa is used for these senses in English:
- beat up (military, WW2 air pilots' usage) To repeatedly bomb a military target or targets.
- chastise (transitive) To punish, especially by corporal punishment.
- discipline (transitive) To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.
- lambaste (dated in UK English but not US English) To give a thrashing to; to beat severely.
- punish (transitive, figuratively) To treat harshly and unfairly.
- wreak (transitive) To cause harm; to afflict; to inflict; to harm or injure; to let out harm.
discipline — full definition
- noun The practice of training yourself or others to follow rules and control behavior.
- noun A particular branch of knowledge or study.
- verb To train someone to behave in a controlled way, or to punish them for breaking rules.
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