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miażdżyć — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • crush verb To squeeze or press something so hard that its shape or structure is destroyed.
  • destroy verb To damage something so severely that it no longer exists or can't be repaired.
  • overwhelm verb To completely overpower someone or something, whether physically or emotionally.
  • smash noun The loud sound of a violent collision or impact.

Senses

miażdżyć is used for these senses in English:

  • chew up (US, slang, transitive) To defeat utterly.
  • crush To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.
  • destroy (transitive, informal) To utterly defeat; to crush.
  • overwhelm To cause to surround, to cover.
  • smash (intransitive) To be destroyed by being smashed.

crush — full definition

  1. verb To squeeze or press something so hard that its shape or structure is destroyed.
  2. verb To defeat someone or something completely and forcefully.
  3. noun A strong but usually short-lived romantic infatuation, or the person it is directed at.
  4. noun A dense, uncomfortable crowd of people.

destroy — full definition

  1. verb To damage something so severely that it no longer exists or can't be repaired.
  2. verb To defeat someone completely and overwhelmingly.
  3. verb To kill an animal deliberately, usually for humane or safety reasons.

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