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distruggere — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • break verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
  • consume verb To eat or drink something.
  • destroy verb To damage something so severely that it no longer exists or can't be repaired.
  • destruct verb To destroy something deliberately, especially as part of a built-in mechanism.
  • go verb To move or travel from one place toward another.
  • kill verb To cause the death of a person, animal, or living thing.
  • knock verb To strike something, especially a door, sharply with the knuckles or an object.
  • murder noun The crime of deliberately killing another person.
  • ravage verb To cause severe damage or destruction to something.
  • wreck noun The remains of a vehicle, ship, or structure that has been destroyed or badly damaged.

Senses

distruggere is used for these senses in English:

  • banjax (UK, originally, Irish, slang) To ruin or destroy.
  • break (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
  • consume (transitive) To destroy completely.
  • destroy (ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
  • destruct (transitive, nonstandard) To intentionally cause the destruction of.
  • go To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
  • go (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
  • knock (transitive, colloquial, originally, US) To criticize verbally; to denigrate; to undervalue.

break — full definition

  1. verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
  2. verb To stop working properly; to malfunction.
  3. verb To fail to keep (a promise, rule, or law).
  4. verb To interrupt or bring an end to something continuous.
  5. noun A short pause or rest from an activity.

consume — full definition

  1. verb To eat or drink something.
  2. verb To use up a resource such as time, energy, or fuel.
  3. verb To occupy someone's attention or emotions completely.
  4. verb To destroy something completely, especially by fire.

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