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smantellare — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • resolve verb To find a satisfactory solution to a problem or disagreement.
  • stultify verb To stunt, inhibit (progress, ideas, etc.) or make dull and uninteresting, especially through routine that is overly restrictive or limiting.
  • wreck noun The remains of a vehicle, ship, or structure that has been destroyed or badly damaged.

Senses

smantellare is used for these senses in English:

  • decommission To take out of service or to render unusable.
  • resolve (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state.
  • stultify (transitive, dated) To cause to appear foolish; to deprive of strength; to stupefy. [from early 19th c.]
  • stultify (transitive, archaic, originally, law) To prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence. [attested from late 17th c.]
  • wreck (transitive, Australia) To dismantle wrecked vehicles or other objects, to reclaim any useful parts.

resolve — full definition

  1. verb To find a satisfactory solution to a problem or disagreement.
  2. verb To firmly decide to do something.
  3. noun Firm determination or willpower.

stultify — full definition

  1. verb To stunt, inhibit (progress, ideas, etc.) or make dull and uninteresting, especially through routine that is overly restrictive or limiting.
  2. verb To make useless or worthless.
  3. verb To cause to appear foolish; to deprive of strength; to stupefy.
  4. verb To prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence.

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