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
- verb To beat someone in a fight, contest, or competition.
- verb To prevent something from succeeding or being achieved.
- noun An instance of losing, or of being overcome.
demolish — full definition
- verb To tear down or destroy a building or structure, usually deliberately.
- verb To thoroughly defeat, disprove, or destroy something such as an argument, theory, or opponent.