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fra: détruire
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Meaning
means
(verb) destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"
ruin, destroy
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(verb) defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents"
worst, rack up, pip, mop up, whip
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(verb) destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand"
pulverise, pulverize, demolish
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(verb) smash or break forcefully; "The kid busted up the car"
wreck, bust up, wrack
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(verb) make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
harry, ravage
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(verb) ruin completely; "He busted my radio!"
bust, break
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(verb) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
waste, lay waste to, ravage, desolate, scourge, devastate
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(verb) do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"
destruct, destroy
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(verb) tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"
dismantle, raze, rase, pull down, level, tear down, take down
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(verb) defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors"
destroy, demolish
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(verb) destroy (one's own missile or rocket); "The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons"
destruct
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(verb) deprive of certain characteristics
undo, unmake
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(verb) wipe out the effect of something; "The new tax effectively cancels out my raise"; "The `A' will cancel out the `C' on your record"
wipe out, cancel out
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(verb) win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
overcome, get the better of, defeat
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(verb) take apart into its constituent pieces
disassemble, break apart, dismantle, break up, take apart
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