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- cripple noun An outdated and now offensive term for a person with a serious physical disability.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
- verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
- verb (law) To cancel or bring a legal matter to an end.
butcher — full definition
- noun A person whose trade is preparing and selling meat.
- noun Someone who kills brutally or without mercy.
- verb To slaughter animals and cut up the meat for sale.
- verb To ruin or botch something badly.