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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

  1. verb To squeeze or press something so hard that its shape or structure is destroyed.
  2. verb To defeat someone or something completely and forcefully.
  3. noun A strong but usually short-lived romantic infatuation, or the person it is directed at.
  4. noun A dense, uncomfortable crowd of people.

hit — full definition

  1. verb To strike someone or something, often forcefully.
  2. verb To reach or achieve a target, level, or milestone.
  3. verb To affect someone or something negatively or suddenly.
  4. noun Something very popular or successful, such as a song or movie.
  5. noun A blow, strike, or instance of hitting.

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