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
- verb To find a satisfactory solution to a problem or disagreement.
- verb To firmly decide to do something.
- noun Firm determination or willpower.
stultify — full definition
- verb To stunt, inhibit (progress, ideas, etc.) or make dull and uninteresting, especially through routine that is overly restrictive or limiting.
- verb To make useless or worthless.
- verb To cause to appear foolish; to deprive of strength; to stupefy.
- verb To prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence.