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tuhota — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
  • butcher noun A person whose trade is preparing and selling meat.
  • consume verb To eat or drink something.
  • cripple noun An outdated and now offensive term for a person with a serious physical disability.
  • demolish verb To tear down or destroy a building or structure, usually deliberately.
  • destroy verb To damage something so severely that it no longer exists or can't be repaired.
  • destruct verb To destroy something deliberately, especially as part of a built-in mechanism.
  • devastate verb To destroy something on a large scale.
  • eliminate verb To completely remove or get rid of something.
  • eradicate verb To destroy or get rid of something completely, especially a disease or problem.
  • expunge verb To erase or strike out.
  • extinguish verb To put out a fire or light.
  • gut noun The stomach and intestines; someone's digestive system.
  • kill verb To cause the death of a person, animal, or living thing.
  • nuke noun A nuclear weapon.
  • obliterate verb To destroy something completely, leaving no trace.
  • ravage verb To cause severe damage or destruction to something.
  • ruin verb To destroy, spoil, or severely damage something so it no longer works or pleases.
  • subvert verb To weaken or destroy an established system, authority, or institution, often secretly.
  • total noun The full amount reached by adding everything together.
  • waste noun Material that is no longer wanted or useful; rubbish.
  • wreck noun The remains of a vehicle, ship, or structure that has been destroyed or badly damaged.

Senses

tuhota is used for these senses in English:

  • abate To demolish or level to the ground (a building or other structure). [from early 15th c.]
  • account for (transitive) To destroy or put out of action.
  • beat to a pulp (transitive, colloquial, loosely) To defeat severely in various, even non-contact, competitive sports.
  • butcher (transitive) To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
  • consume (transitive) To destroy completely.
  • cripple (figuratively) To damage seriously; to destroy.
  • demolish To devour; to eat up
  • destroy (ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.

abate — full definition

  1. verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
  2. verb (law) To cancel or bring a legal matter to an end.

butcher — full definition

  1. noun A person whose trade is preparing and selling meat.
  2. noun Someone who kills brutally or without mercy.
  3. verb To slaughter animals and cut up the meat for sale.
  4. verb To ruin or botch something badly.

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