zunichte machen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abrogate verb To annul (as a law, decree, ordinance, etc.) by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or their successor; to repeal.
- confound verb To completely puzzle or baffle someone.
- cripple noun An outdated and now offensive term for a person with a serious physical disability.
- kill verb To cause the death of a person, animal, or living thing.
Senses
zunichte machen is used for these senses in English:
- abrogate (transitive) To put an end to; to do away with. [First attested in the early 16th century.]
- confound (archaic) To destroy, ruin, or devastate; to bring to ruination.
- cripple (figuratively) To damage seriously; to destroy.
- kill (transitive, figuratively) To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.
abrogate — full definition
- verb To annul (as a law, decree, ordinance, etc.) by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or their successor; to repeal.
- verb To put an end to; to do away with.
- verb To block a process or function.
confound — full definition
- verb To completely puzzle or baffle someone.
- verb To mix up or fail to distinguish between two things.
- verb To defeat or ruin someone's plans.
- noun In statistics, a variable that distorts the apparent relationship between two other variables (a "confounding variable").