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derribar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • defeat verb To beat someone in a fight, contest, or competition.
  • demolish verb To tear down or destroy a building or structure, usually deliberately.
  • overthrow verb To remove a government or leader from power by force.
  • supplant verb To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.
  • topple verb To fall over, or to cause something to fall over, especially from being top-heavy or unstable.

Senses

derribar is used for these senses in English:

  • defeat (transitive) To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
  • demolish To devour; to eat up
  • knock down (transitive) To hit or knock (something or someone), intentionally or accidentally, so that it falls.
  • overthrow (transitive) To bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by force; to usurp.
  • shoot down (transitive) To cause to fall by shooting.
  • supplant (transitive, obsolete) To uproot, to remove violently.
  • take down (combat sports) To force one’s opponent off their feet in order to transition from striking to grappling in jujitsu, mixed martial arts, etc.
  • topple (transitive) To push or throw over.

defeat — full definition

  1. verb To beat someone in a fight, contest, or competition.
  2. verb To prevent something from succeeding or being achieved.
  3. noun An instance of losing, or of being overcome.

demolish — full definition

  1. verb To tear down or destroy a building or structure, usually deliberately.
  2. verb To thoroughly defeat, disprove, or destroy something such as an argument, theory, or opponent.

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