riistää — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abridge verb To deprive; to cut off.
- bereave verb To deprive by or as if by violence; to rob; to strip.
- deprive verb To take something away from someone, or prevent them from having it.
- disappoint verb To make someone feel let down by failing to meet their hopes or expectations.
- divest verb To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
- exploit noun A bold or notable achievement, especially a daring one.
- extort verb To obtain money or something else by threats, force, or abuse of power.
- intercept verb To stop or catch something before it reaches its destination.
- profit noun The financial gain made after subtracting costs from revenue.
- rifle noun A long-barrelled firearm fired from the shoulder, with spiral grooves inside the barrel for accuracy.
- strip noun A long, narrow piece of material or land.
- wrest verb To pull or twist violently.
Senses
riistää is used for these senses in English:
- abridge (transitive, archaic) To deprive; to cut off. [First attested around 1150–1350]
- bereave (transitive) To take away someone or something that is important or close; deprive.
- deprive (transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
- disappoint (transitive, dated) To fail to meet (an expectation); to fail to fulfil (a hope).
- divest (transitive) To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
- extort (transitive) To take or seize from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity.
- profit (intransitive, construed with from) To take advantage of, exploit, use.
- rifle (transitive) To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.
abridge — full definition
- verb To deprive; to cut off.
- verb To debar from.
- verb To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
- verb To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.
bereave — full definition
- verb To deprive by or as if by violence; to rob; to strip.
- verb To take away by destroying, impairing, or spoiling; take away by violence.
- verb To deprive of power; prevent.
- verb To take away someone or something that is important or close; deprive.