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rujnować — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • butcher noun A person whose trade is preparing and selling meat.
  • destroy verb To damage something so severely that it no longer exists or can't be repaired.
  • ruin verb To destroy, spoil, or severely damage something so it no longer works or pleases.
  • scupper noun A drainage hole on the deck of a ship.

Senses

rujnować is used for these senses in English:

  • butcher (transitive) To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
  • destroy (ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
  • do for (transitive, British) To doom; to bring about the demise of someone; to injure or harm someone.
  • ruin (transitive) To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
  • scupper (transitive, UK) To thwart or destroy, especially something belonging or pertaining to another.

butcher — full definition

  1. noun A person whose trade is preparing and selling meat.
  2. noun Someone who kills brutally or without mercy.
  3. verb To slaughter animals and cut up the meat for sale.
  4. verb To ruin or botch something badly.

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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