mettre en pièces — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
mettre en pièces is used for these senses in English:
- blow to kingdom come (transitive, idiomatic) To totally destroy (something); to annihilate or wipe out (something).
- debunk (transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.
- shatter (transitive) To violently break something into pieces.
- tear to pieces To tear apart.
shatter — full definition
- verb To break suddenly and violently into many pieces.
- verb To destroy or crush something such as hope, confidence, or a plan.
- noun A fragment of something that has shattered.