συντρίβω — meaning in English

English meaning

• crush verb To squeeze or press something so hard that its shape or structure is destroyed.
• defeat verb To beat someone in a fight, contest, or competition.
• shatter verb To break suddenly and violently into many pieces.

Senses

συντρίβω is used for these senses in English:

• crush To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.
• crush To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding.
• defeat (transitive) To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
• shatter (transitive) To violently break something into pieces.

crush — full definition

1. verb To squeeze or press something so hard that its shape or structure is destroyed.
2. verb To defeat someone or something completely and forcefully.
3. noun A strong but usually short-lived romantic infatuation, or the person it is directed at.
4. noun A dense, uncomfortable crowd of people.

defeat — full definition

1. verb To beat someone in a fight, contest, or competition.
2. verb To prevent something from succeeding or being achieved.
3. noun An instance of losing, or of being overcome.

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