lyödä maahan — meaning in English

English meaning

• flatten verb To make something flat or level.
• strike verb To hit someone or something, often forcefully.

Senses

lyödä maahan is used for these senses in English:

• flatten (transitive) To knock down or lay low.
• strike (transitive) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.
• strike To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.

flatten — full definition

1. verb To make something flat or level.
2. verb To knock something or someone down completely.
3. verb To press one's body against a surface, usually to hide or avoid something.

strike — full definition

1. verb To hit someone or something, often forcefully.
2. verb To stop working collectively as a form of protest over pay or conditions.
3. verb To occur to someone suddenly, or to make a strong impression.
4. verb To discover, especially a valuable resource such as oil or gold.
5. noun An organized refusal to work as a form of protest.

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