tehdä tyhjäksi — meaning in English

English meaning

• defeat verb To beat someone in a fight, contest, or competition.
• frustrate verb To prevent someone from achieving something, causing annoyance or disappointment.
• scupper noun An opening in a ship's deck that lets water drain away.
• thwart verb To stop someone from succeeding at a plan; to block or frustrate it.

Senses

tehdä tyhjäksi is used for these senses in English:

• defeat (transitive) To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
• frustrate (transitive) To hinder or thwart.
• scupper (transitive, UK) To thwart or destroy, especially something belonging or pertaining to another.
• upend (transitive, figurative) To destroy, invalidate, overthrow, or defeat.

defeat — full definition

1. verb To beat someone in a fight, contest, or competition.
2. verb To prevent something from succeeding or being achieved.
3. noun An instance of losing, or of being overcome.

frustrate — full definition

1. verb To prevent someone from achieving something, causing annoyance or disappointment.
2. verb To block or defeat a plan or effort.

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