подрыва́ть — meaning in English
podryvat
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English meaning
- cripple noun An outdated and now offensive term for a person with a serious physical disability.
- mine pron Belonging to me; the possessive form of "I" used on its own, without a following noun.
- subvert verb To weaken or destroy an established system, authority, or institution, often secretly.
- undermine verb To weaken support or confidence gradually, often secretly.
Senses
подрыва́ть is used for these senses in English:
- cripple (figuratively) To damage seriously; to destroy.
- mine (transitive) To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
- mine To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.
- subvert (transitive) To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).
- undermine To dig underneath (something), to make a passage for destructive or military purposes; to sap. [from 14th c.]
- undermine (figuratively) To weaken or work against; to hinder, sabotage. [from 15th c.]
cripple — full definition
- noun An outdated and now offensive term for a person with a serious physical disability.
- verb To severely damage or disable something, physically or otherwise.
mine — full definition
- pron Belonging to me; the possessive form of "I" used on its own, without a following noun.
- det My — an older or more formal possessive form used before a vowel sound or in set phrases.
- noun An underground excavation dug to extract ore, coal, or other minerals.
- noun An explosive device buried in the ground or hidden in water, designed to detonate when disturbed.
- noun A computer or network of computers used to generate new units of a cryptocurrency.