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zniszczyć — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • destroy verb To damage something so severely that it no longer exists or can't be repaired.

Senses

zniszczyć is used for these senses in English:

  • 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.
  • knock out (transitive, idiomatic) To cause a mechanism to become non-functional by damaging or destroying it.
  • take out (idiom, slang) To kill or destroy.
  • wear out To cause (something) to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use, especially hard, heavy, or careless use.
  • wipe out (transitive) To destroy (especially, a large number or complete set of people or things); to obliterate.

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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