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mettre en pièces — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • debunk verb To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something; to refute.
  • shatter verb To break suddenly and violently into many pieces.

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

  1. verb To break suddenly and violently into many pieces.
  2. verb To destroy or crush something such as hope, confidence, or a plan.
  3. noun A fragment of something that has shattered.

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