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опустоши́ть — meaning in English

opustoshit

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English meaning

  • devastate verb To destroy something on a large scale.
  • empty adj Containing nothing; not filled or occupied.
  • evacuate verb To leave a dangerous place, or move people out of one, for their safety.
  • guzzle verb To drink or eat something quickly and greedily.

Senses

опустоши́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • devastate To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.
  • empty (transitive, ergative) To make empty; to remove the contents of.
  • evacuate To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum.
  • guzzle (by extension) To consume anything quickly, greedily, or to excess, as if with insatiable thirst; often said of gas-powered vehicles.
  • lay waste (transitive) To completely destroy, especially of a geographical area or region.

devastate — full definition

  1. verb To destroy something on a large scale.
  2. verb To leave someone deeply shocked and upset.

empty — full definition

  1. adj Containing nothing; not filled or occupied.
  2. adj Lacking real meaning, value, or sincerity.
  3. verb To remove all the contents from something.
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