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mahvetmek — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • annihilate verb To destroy completely; to wipe out entirely.
  • destroy verb To damage something so severely that it no longer exists or can't be repaired.
  • ruin verb To destroy, spoil, or severely damage something so it no longer works or pleases.
  • smite verb (literary) To strike hard, especially with a weapon or divine power.
  • spoil verb To ruin something, making it unusable, unpleasant, or less enjoyable.

Senses

mahvetmek is used for these senses in English:

  • annihilate To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.
  • destroy (ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
  • smite To strike down or kill with godly force.
  • spoil (transitive) To ruin; to damage in such a way as to make undesirable or unusable. [from 16th c.]
  • spoil (transitive) To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess. [from 17th c.]

annihilate — full definition

  1. verb To destroy completely; to wipe out entirely.
  2. verb Physics: for a particle and its antiparticle to collide and convert entirely into energy.

destroy — full definition

  1. verb To damage something so severely that it no longer exists or can't be repaired.
  2. verb To defeat someone completely and overwhelmingly.
  3. verb To kill an animal deliberately, usually for humane or safety reasons.

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