clādes — meaning in English
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English meaning
- defeat verb To beat someone in a fight, contest, or competition.
- destruction noun The act of destroying something, or the state of having been destroyed.
- disaster noun A sudden event, natural or man-made, that causes serious damage, loss of life, or destruction.
- misfortune noun Bad luck, or an unlucky event.
- plague noun A deadly, fast-spreading disease, especially historically the bubonic plague.
Senses
clādes is used for these senses in English:
- defeat The act or instance of being defeated, of being overcome or vanquished; a loss.
- destruction The act of destroying.
- disaster An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent change to the natural environment.
- disaster An unforeseen event causing great loss, upset or unpleasantness of whatever kind.
- misfortune (countable) An undesirable event such as an accident.
- plague (pathology) An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.
defeat — full definition
- verb To beat someone in a fight, contest, or competition.
- verb To prevent something from succeeding or being achieved.
- noun An instance of losing, or of being overcome.