abbauen — meaning in English

English meaning

• degrade verb To lower someone's dignity or status; to humiliate.
• dismantle verb To take something apart piece by piece.
• dissipate verb To gradually scatter or disappear.
• mine pron Belonging to me; the possessive form of "I" used on its own, without a following noun.

Senses

abbauen is used for these senses in English:

• deconstruct (transitive, often, figurative) To break something down into its component parts.
• degrade (intransitive, ergative) To reduce in quality or purity.
• dismantle (transitive) To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.
• dissipate (transitive) To drive away, disperse.
• dissipate (transitive) To use up or waste; squander.
• mine To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.
• take down To remove a temporary structure such as scaffolding.

degrade — full definition

1. verb To lower someone's dignity or status; to humiliate.
2. verb To reduce something's quality, strength, or condition over time.

dismantle — full definition

1. verb To take something apart piece by piece.
2. verb To methodically take down or destroy a system, argument, or organization.

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