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
- verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
- verb To stop working properly; to malfunction.
- verb To fail to keep (a promise, rule, or law).
- verb To interrupt or bring an end to something continuous.
- noun A short pause or rest from an activity.
consume — full definition
- verb To eat or drink something.
- verb To use up a resource such as time, energy, or fuel.
- verb To occupy someone's attention or emotions completely.
- verb To destroy something completely, especially by fire.
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