arrasar — 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.
- hit verb To strike someone or something, often forcefully.
- obliterate verb To destroy something completely, leaving no trace.
- rampage noun A period of violent, uncontrolled behaviour.
- ravage verb To cause severe damage or destruction to something.
- raze verb To tear a building, town, or structure down completely, leaving nothing standing.
- succeed verb To achieve a desired goal or outcome.
- take off phrasal verb To leave the ground and begin flying, as an aircraft or bird does.
Senses
arrasar is used for these senses in English:
- burn down (transitive) To cause (a structure) to burn to nothing.
- crush To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
- hit (baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
- hit (backgammon) A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
- lay waste (transitive) To completely destroy, especially of a geographical area or region.
- obliterate To destroy (someone or something) completely, leaving no trace; to annihilate, to wipe out.
- rampage To move about wildly or violently.
- ravage (transitive) To devastate, destroy or lay waste to something.
crush — full definition
- verb To squeeze or press something so hard that its shape or structure is destroyed.
- verb To defeat someone or something completely and forcefully.
- noun A strong but usually short-lived romantic infatuation, or the person it is directed at.
- noun A dense, uncomfortable crowd of people.
hit — full definition
- verb To strike someone or something, often forcefully.
- verb To reach or achieve a target, level, or milestone.
- verb To affect someone or something negatively or suddenly.
- noun Something very popular or successful, such as a song or movie.
- noun A blow, strike, or instance of hitting.