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41 strip
1. n длинный, узкий кусок; лента; полоскаa strip of board — планка; рейка
2. n спец. штрипс3. n полоса; участок4. n рассказ в картинках5. n тех. планка6. n тех. прокладка7. n тех. полоса, лента; полосовое железо8. n тех. ав. взлётно-посадочная полоса9. n тех. спорт. дорожка10. n тех. аэрофотосъёмочный маршрут11. n тех. стрип12. v резать на длинные, узкие куски, на полоски, на лентыstrip city — город, растянувшийся длинной полосой
13. v раздевать; снимать; срыватьto strip a car — «раздевать» автомобиль
14. v раздеваться15. v сдирать, обдирать; счищать; снимать; обнажатьstrip away — соскабливать, сдирать
16. v сдираться; сниматься; счищаться17. v лишать; отбиратьa saint stripped of his halo — святой, лишённый своего нимба
18. v грабить; отнимать19. v исполнять стриптиз; раздеваться под музыкуstrip club — клуб с показом стриптиза, стриптиз-клуб
20. v разбирать, демонтировать21. v тех. срывать резьбу22. v горн. обнажать, вскрывать; разрабатывать открытым способом23. v с. -х. трепать24. v с. -х. выдаивать до конца25. v с. -х. отделять среднюю жилку табака26. v рыб. выдавливатьСинонимический ряд:1. band (noun) band; bandeau; banding; belt; fillet; ribbon; stripe; tape2. bar (noun) bar; billet; ingot; rod; slab; stick3. striptease (noun) stripping; striptease4. bankrupt (verb) bankrupt; bereave; denudate; deprive; dismantle; dispossess; divest; rob; withhold5. ravage (verb) deflower; depredate; desecrate; desolate; despoil; devast; devastate; devour; harry; havoc; lay waste; loot; pillage; plunder; ransack; ravage; sack; scourge; spoil; spoliate; waste6. remove (verb) bare; decorticate; denude; displace; disrobe; excorticate; expose; pare; peel; remove; scale; skin; unclothe; uncover; undressАнтонимический ряд:confer; dress; restore -
42 havittää
yks.nom. hävittää; yks.gen. hävitän; yks.part. hävitti; yks.ill. hävittäisi; mon.gen. hävittäköön; mon.part. hävittänyt; mon.ill. hävitettiinannihilate (verb)demolish (verb)desolate (verb)destroy (verb)devastate (verb)dispose (verb)exterminate (verb)extinguish (verb)harry (verb)kill (verb)misappropriate (verb)obliterate (verb)rase (verb)ravage (verb)raze (verb)waste (verb)wipe (verb)* * *• discard -
43 desecrate
1. a осквернённый2. v осквернять3. v редк. посвящать себя служению злуСинонимический ряд:1. defile (verb) befoul; blaspheme; commit sacrilege; contaminate; corrupt; debase; defile; despoil; dishonor; misuse; profane; scorn; violate2. ravage (verb) deflower; depredate; desolate; devast; devastate; devour; harry; havoc; pillage; ravage; sack; scourge; spoil; spoliate; strip; wasteАнтонимический ряд: -
44 devastate
1. v опустошать, разорять2. v подавлять, угнетать3. v юр. расхищать наследственное имуществоСинонимический ряд:1. crush (verb) crush; humiliate; mortify; overwhelm2. ravage (verb) deflower; depredate; desecrate; desolate; despoil; destroy; devast; devour; harry; havoc; lay waste; pillage; plunder; ravage; ruin; sack; scourge; slaughter; spoil; spoliate; strip; waste; wreckАнтонимический ряд:build; create; cultivate; encourage; erect; produce -
45 havoc
1. n опустошение, разорение, разрушение2. v редк. разорять, опустошать3. v редк. приводить в полный беспорядокСинонимический ряд:1. death (noun) annihilation; death; fate; massacre; murder; ravage; sack2. destruction (noun) chaos; confusion; damage; desolation; destruction; devastation; dilapidation; loss; ruin; ruination; upheaval; waste; wrack; wreck; wreckage3. ravage (verb) deflower; depredate; desecrate; desolate; despoil; devast; devastate; devour; harry; pillage; ravage; sack; scourge; spoil; spoliate; strip; wasteАнтонимический ряд: -
46 depredate
v книжн. производить опустошение; расхищатьСинонимический ряд:ravage (verb) deflower; desecrate; desolate; despoil; devast; devastate; devour; harrow; harry; havoc; loot; pillage; plunder; rape; ravage; rob; sack; scourge; spoil; spoliate; strip; waste -
47 spoliate
v книжн. грабить; захватыватьСинонимический ряд:ravage (verb) deflower; depredate; desecrate; desolate; despoil; devast; devastate; devour; harry; havoc; pillage; ravage; sack; scourge; spoil; strip; waste -
48 azotar
v.1 to beat.2 to whip, to lash, to flail, to beat with a lash.Ricardo azotó al ladrón Richard whipped the thief.3 to lash against.El mar azotó la costa de la isla The sea lashed against the island coast.4 to slam, to batter.El viento azotó la puerta The wind slammed the door.* * *1 (con látigo) to whip, flog2 (golpear) to beat down on3 (viento, olas) to lash4 figurado (peste, hambre, etc) to ravage* * *verbto whip, lash* * *1. VT1) (=latigar) to whip, flog; (=zurrar) to thrash, spank; (Agr) to beat; [lluvia, olas] to lash2)2.See:* * *verbo transitivo1) ( con látigo) to whip, flog2) viento/mar to lash3) (Méx) < puerta> to slam* * *= scourge, paddle, flog, whip, thrash, lash.Ex. The reference librarian must always resist an impulse to be glib; he must scourge and throttle his vanity; he must reach a conclusion rather than begin with it.Ex. Corporal punishment, the act of disciplining students by inflicting physical pain (usually paddling the child's backside), has recently come under fire due to the public's growing concern over child abuse.Ex. Despite scrutinizing the evidence minutely, he reaches no conclusion as to the veracity of the incident in which Lawrence depits himself as being flogged by a Turkish bey.Ex. He got whipped by policemen right here in Montgomery.Ex. Later footage shows the killer whales with the pups in their mouths, thrashing them about.Ex. Indeed, if the rains failed, some tribes blamed the toads for withholding the rain, and would lash them in punishment.* * *verbo transitivo1) ( con látigo) to whip, flog2) viento/mar to lash3) (Méx) < puerta> to slam* * *= scourge, paddle, flog, whip, thrash, lash.Ex: The reference librarian must always resist an impulse to be glib; he must scourge and throttle his vanity; he must reach a conclusion rather than begin with it.
Ex: Corporal punishment, the act of disciplining students by inflicting physical pain (usually paddling the child's backside), has recently come under fire due to the public's growing concern over child abuse.Ex: Despite scrutinizing the evidence minutely, he reaches no conclusion as to the veracity of the incident in which Lawrence depits himself as being flogged by a Turkish bey.Ex: He got whipped by policemen right here in Montgomery.Ex: Later footage shows the killer whales with the pups in their mouths, thrashing them about.Ex: Indeed, if the rains failed, some tribes blamed the toads for withholding the rain, and would lash them in punishment.* * *azotar [A1 ]vtA (con un látigo) to whip, flogB «viento/mar» to lashun fuerte temporal azota la ciudad a violent storm is battering the townel hambre/un intenso frío azotaba la zona the region was in the grips of famine/a severe cold spelllas olas azotaban las rocas the waves lashed (against) the rocksC ( Méx) ‹puerta› to slam[ S ] favor de no azotar la puerta please do not slam the door* * *
azotar ( conjugate azotar) verbo transitivo
1 ( con látigo) to whip, flog
2 (Méx) ‹ puerta› to slam
azotar verbo transitivo
1 (con la mano) to beat
(con el látigo) to whip, flog
2 (una tormenta) to lash
' azotar' also found in these entries:
English:
flog
- lash
- sweep
- thrash
- whip
* * *♦ vt1. [en el trasero] to smack, to slap2. [con látigo] to whip3. [viento, olas] to lash;el viento le azotaba la cara the wind lashed her face4. [devastar] to devastate;la epidemia azotó la región the region was devastated by the epidemic;una región azotada por las guerras a war-torn region* * *v/t3 Méxpuerta slam* * *azotar vt1) : to whip, to flog2) : to lash, to batter3) : to devastate, to afflict* * * -
49 husere
verb. order about, push around verb. ravage, play havoc with, bully, hector -
50 herje
verb. ravage, lay waste, devastate, harry -
51 herje og plyndre
verb. ravage and plunder -
52 ravager
ravager [ʀavaʒe]➭ TABLE 3 transitive verb* * *ʀavaʒe1) [incendie, guerre] to devastate, to ravage2) [maladie, alcool] to ravage [personne, visage]; [chagrin] to tear [somebody] apart; [passions] to consume* * *ʀavaʒe vt[guerre, tempête] [pays] to devastate, to ravage, [maladie] [personne] to ravage* * *ravager verb table: manger vtr1 [incendie, guerre, insectes] to devastate, to ravage;2 [maladie, alcool] to ravage [personne, visage]; [chagrin] to tear [sb] apart; [passions] to consume.[ravaʒe] verbe transitif -
53 verwüsten
* * *to desolate; to ravage; to lay waste; to devastate* * *ver|wüs|ten [fɛɐ'vyːstn] ptp verwüstetvtto devastate, to ravage; (fig ) Gesicht to ravage* * *1) (to leave in ruins: The fire devastated the countryside.) devastate2) (to make (a piece of land) into barren country by burning and plundering.) lay waste* * *ver·wüs·ten *vt▪ etw \verwüsten to devastate sthdie Wohnung \verwüsten to wreck the flat [or AM apartment]das Land \verwüsten to ravage [or lay waste to] the land* * *transitives Verb devastate* * *verwüsten v/t lay waste, devastate; durch Vandalismus: devastate; umg, fig (Frisur, Make-up etc) ruin* * *transitives Verb devastate* * *v.to desolate v.to devastate v.to ravage v. -
54 damage
1. n вред, повреждение; поломка, порча; убыток, ущерб, уронblast damage — разрушения, вызываемые ударной волной
2. n юр. убытки; компенсация за убытки, возмещение убытковto sue for a thousand dollars in damages — требовать через суд тысячу долларов в порядке компенсации за убытки
to inflict damage — нанести, причинить убыток
infliction of damage — нанесение, причинение убытка
3. n разг. часто стоимость, расход4. n уст. невыгода, неудобство5. v повреждать, портить; причинять ущерб, убыток6. v вредить, мешать, портитьdo damage to — наносить убытки; причинять убытки; портить
cause damage to — наносить убытки; причинять убытки; портить
7. v повредить; подбить, ушибить8. v дискредитировать, чернить, пятнать9. v редк. портитьсяСинонимический ряд:1. injury (noun) bane; bruise; casualty; harm; hurt; injury; mischief; outrage; ravage; ruin; scandal; wrong2. loss (noun) breakage; destruction; detriment; disadvantage; havoc; impairment; loss; spoil; waste; wreckage3. abuse (verb) abuse; maltreat4. degrade (verb) cheapen; debase; degrade; pervert; taint; vitiate5. impair (verb) blemish; destroy; disfigure; harm; hurt; impair; lacerate; mar; mutilate; prejudice; ruin; sabotage; spoil; tarnish; wreck6. injure (verb) beat; bruise; flog; injure; kick; ravage7. malign (verb) calumniate; disparage; malign; slanderАнтонимический ряд:advantage; award; benefit; better; boon; enhance; favour; improve; improvement; mend; perfect; profit; recompense; repair; reward -
55 fondre
fondre [fɔ̃dʀ]➭ TABLE 411. transitive verba. ( = liquéfier) to melt ; [+ minerai] to smeltb. [+ cloche, statue] to castc. ( = réunir) to combined. [+ couleur, ton] to blend2. intransitive verbb. [provisions, réserves] to vanishc. ( = maigrir) (inf) to slim downd. ( = s'attendrir) to melte. ( = s'abattre) fondre sur qn [vautour, ennemi] to swoop down on sb3. reflexive verb► se fondre ( = disparaître)se fondre dans le décor [personne] to melt into the background ; [appareil, objet] to blend in with the decor* * *fɔ̃dʀ
1.
1) ( liquéfier) to melt down [métal]; to smelt [minerai]2) ( fabriquer) to cast [statue, caractère, lingot]
2.
verbe intransitif1) ( se liquéfier) [neige, métal, beurre] to melt2) ( se dissoudre) [sucre] to dissolve3) ( baisser) [réserve, économies] to melt away4) ( maigrir) [personne] to waste away5) ( s'attendrir) to softenfondre en larmes or pleurs — to dissolve into tears
6) ( s'abattre) fmlfondre sur — [troupe, oiseau] to swoop down on; [malheur] to overwhelm; [calamité] to ravage
3.
se fondre verbe pronominalse fondre dans — [personne, silhouette] to blend in with
* * *fɔ̃dʀ1. vi1) [glace, neige] to meltLa tablette de chocolat a fondu dans ma poche. — The bar of chocolate melted in my pocket.
2) (dans l'eau) [sucre, sel] to dissolve3) fig, [économies, colère] to melt away4) (= se précipiter)fondre sur [proie, victime] — to swoop down on
2. vt1) [glace, neige] to melt2) fig (= mélanger) to merge, to blend* * *fondre verb table: rendreA vtrB vi1 ( se liquéfier) [neige, métal, beurre] to melt; viande qui fond dans la bouche meat which melts in your mouth; faire fondre to melt;2 ( se dissoudre) [sucre] to dissolve; faire fondre dans un peu d'eau to dissolve in a little water;4 ( maigrir) [personne] to waste away; avoir fondu de dix kilos to have lost ten kilos; faire fondre to help the weight come off;5 ( s'attendrir) to soften; il fond devant sa petite-fille his heart melts when he sees his granddaughter; fondre en larmes or pleurs to dissolve into tears;6 ( s'abattre) fml fondre sur [troupe, oiseau] to swoop down on [lieu, troupeau]; [malheur] to overwhelm [personne, peuple]; [calamité] to ravage [lieu].[fɔ̃dr] verbe transitif1. [rendre liquide] to meltfondre de l'or/de l'argent to smelt gold/silver3. [dissoudre] to dissolve————————[fɔ̃dr] verbe intransitif1. [se liquéfier] to meltfondre comme cire ou neige au soleil to vanish into thin air2. [se dissoudre] to dissolveil sent son cœur fondre quand il voit ses enfants he can feel his heart melting when he sees his children4. (familier) [maigrir] to get thin————————fondre sur verbe plus prépositionto sweep ou to swoop down on————————se fondre verbe pronominal intransitif1. [se liquéfier] to meltse fondre dans la nuit/le brouillard to disappear into the night/mist -
56 runnella
yks.nom. runnella; yks.gen. runtelen; yks.part. runteli; yks.ill. runtelisi; mon.gen. runnelkoon; mon.part. runnellut; mon.ill. runneltiinmangle (noun)ravage damage (verb)knock about (verb)maul (verb)mutilate (verb)* * *• wreck• treat roughly• tear• mutilate• ravage• maul• manhandle• mangle• knock about• distort• disfigure• destroy• deform• hack• damage• crush• bruise• break• batter• spoil -
57 estrago
m.1 ravage, waste, ruin, havoc.2 wickedness, corruption of morals, depravity.3 damage, harm, loss, wreckage.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: estragar.* * *1 havoc, ruin, ravage\causar estragos en / hacer estragos en to play havoc with, badly damage* * *= ravages, decimation, shattering.Ex. Problems faced maybe entirely new ones, such as protecting the library's stock from the ravages of climate or of insects.Ex. Over the past decades librarians have been variously outraged and resigned to budget cuts and spiralling prices, leading to the decimation of their holdings.Ex. Its shooting stabs of pain, its yelps of despair, its tears, its emotional zigzagging, all bear testimony to such a shattering.----* causar estragos = wreak + havoc, ravage, run + amok, cause + havoc, create + havoc, play + havoc with.* estragos = destruction.* estragos de la enfermedad, los = ravages of disease, the.* estragos de la guerra, los = ravages of war, the.* estragos del tiempo, los = ravages of time, the.* hacer estragos = lay + waste to, create + havoc, wreak + havoc, cause + havoc, take + Posesivo + toll (on).* hacer estragos en = play + havoc with.* ocasionar estragos = wreak + havoc.* provocar estragos = create + havoc, wreak + havoc, cause + havoc.* provocar estragos en = play + havoc with.* * *= ravages, decimation, shattering.Ex: Problems faced maybe entirely new ones, such as protecting the library's stock from the ravages of climate or of insects.
Ex: Over the past decades librarians have been variously outraged and resigned to budget cuts and spiralling prices, leading to the decimation of their holdings.Ex: Its shooting stabs of pain, its yelps of despair, its tears, its emotional zigzagging, all bear testimony to such a shattering.* causar estragos = wreak + havoc, ravage, run + amok, cause + havoc, create + havoc, play + havoc with.* estragos = destruction.* estragos de la enfermedad, los = ravages of disease, the.* estragos de la guerra, los = ravages of war, the.* estragos del tiempo, los = ravages of time, the.* hacer estragos = lay + waste to, create + havoc, wreak + havoc, cause + havoc, take + Posesivo + toll (on).* hacer estragos en = play + havoc with.* ocasionar estragos = wreak + havoc.* provocar estragos = create + havoc, wreak + havoc, cause + havoc.* provocar estragos en = play + havoc with. -
58 turmella
yks.nom. turmella; yks.gen. turmelen; yks.part. turmeli; yks.ill. turmelisi; mon.gen. turmelkoon; mon.part. turmellut; mon.ill. turmeltiinadulterate (verb)bedevil (verb)blight (verb)corrupt (verb)damage (verb)debauch (verb)demoralize (verb)deprave (verb)destroy (verb)disfigure (verb)do damage (verb)harm (verb)hurt (verb)injure (verb)mar (verb)perish (verb)pervert (verb)ruin (verb)spoil (verb)vitiate (verb)* * *• pervert• sack• make a hash of• injure• make a muck of• make a muddle of• mar• perish• pillage• plunder• ravage• hurt• ruin• devastate• spoil• vitiate• waste• wreck• raze• corrupt• adulterate• bedevil• do damage to• contaminate• harm• damage• debauch• demolish• demoralize• deprave• despoil• destroy• disfigure• do damage• blight -
59 heimsuchen
v/t (trennb., hat -ge-) hit, strike, visit BIBL.; (zerstören) ravage; Geister: haunt; Ungeziefer, auch hum. Besucher: descend on; heimgesucht von struck etc. by; heimgesucht werden von auch suffer s.th., be afflicted with; von einer Krankheit: come down with; von Dürre / Krieg heimgesucht drought-stricken / war-torn; vom Streik heimgesucht strike-ridden* * *to beset; to infest; to obsess* * *heim|su|chen ['haimzuːxn]vt septo strike; (für längere Zeit) to plague; (Feind) to attack; (Gespenst) to haunt; (Krankheit) to afflict; (Albträume, Vorstellungen) to afflict, to haunt; (Schicksal) to overtake, to afflict; (inf = besuchen) to descend on (inf)von Krieg heimgesucht —
Gott suchte die Ägypter mit schweren Plagen heim — God visited terrible plagues on the Egyptians
* * *((of an unpleasant memory) to keep coming back into the mind of: Her look of misery haunts me.) haunt* * *heim|su·chen[ˈhaimzu:xn̩]vt1. (überfallen)▪ jdn/etw \heimsuchen to strike sb/sthvon Armut/Dürre heimgesucht poverty-/drought-stricken3. (bedrängen)▪ jdn \heimsuchen to haunt sbsie wurde von grässlichen Albträumen heimgesucht she was haunted by hideous nightmares* * *transitives Verb1) <storm, earthquake, epidemic> strike; < disease> afflict; <nightmares, doubts> plague; <catastrophe, fate> overtake* * *heimsuchen v/t (trennb, hat -ge-) hit, strike, visit BIBEL; (zerstören) ravage; Geister: haunt; Ungeziefer, auch hum Besucher: descend on;heimgesucht von struck etc by;von Dürre/Krieg heimgesucht drought-stricken/war-torn;vom Streik heimgesucht strike-ridden* * *transitives Verb1) <storm, earthquake, epidemic> strike; < disease> afflict; <nightmares, doubts> plague; <catastrophe, fate> overtake2) (aufsuchen) <visitor, salesman, etc.> descend [up]on* * *v.to infest v.to obsess v. -
60 destrozar
v.1 to smash (físicamente) (romper).2 to shatter, to devastate (emocionalmente) (person).3 to tear apart, to destroy, to shatter, to break down into pieces.Eso rompe huesos That breaks bones.* * *1 (romper) to destroy, shatter, wreck; (despedazar) to tear to pieces, tear to shreds4 figurado (causar daño moral) to crush, shatter, devastate* * *1. VT1) (=romper) [+ cristal, cerámica] to smash; [+ edificio] to destroy; [+ ropa, zapatos] to ruin; [+ nervios] to shatter2) (=dejar abatido a) [+ persona] to shatter; [+ corazón] to break; [+ ejército, enemigo] to crushle ha destrozado el que no quisiera casarse con él — her refusal to marry him has devastated o shattered him
3) (=arruinar) [+ persona, vida] to ruin2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) (romper, deteriorar) to breakla bomba destrozó varios edificios — the bomb destroyed o wrecked several buildings
b) <felicidad/armonía> to destroy, shatter; < corazón> to break; < matrimonio> to ruin, destroy2.su muerte la destrozó — she was devastated o shattered by his death
destrozarse v pron (refl)a) ( romperse)b) <estómago/hígado> to ruin* * *= shatter, batter, vandalise [vandalize, -USA], wreak + devastation, smash, pull apart, ravage, go out + the window, tear + apart, mangle, dismember, shred, slaughter, blow away, wreck, rip through, pull + Nombre + to bits, wipe + the floor with, rubbish, blight, chew up.Ex. Her feeling of well-being was soon rudely shattered.Ex. But the early cylinder machines worked less accurately than the platens, tending to slur the impression and batter the type.Ex. This article argues in favour of the term 'conservator' rather than 'restorer' of books as the former does not conjure up a picture of the Victorian artisan vandalising documents with irreversible treatments simply for effect.Ex. This article describes the experiences of a fledgling information system in dealing with a hurricane which wreaked devastation on some of the most remote areas of Hawaii = Este artículo describe las experiencias de un sistema de información nuevo al verse afectado por un huracán que devastó algunas de las zonas más remotas de Hawaii.Ex. The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.Ex. If solutions are not found to meet this challenge, users' hunger for multimedia could pull the Internet apart.Ex. The rigours of the climate and the effects of war and political unrest have ravaged this country's cultural heritage.Ex. The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.Ex. He is a stickler for detail and can tear apart a budget or a balance sheet faster than anyone.Ex. In places the waters had swept container lorries loaded with goods yards off the road where they now lay twisted and mangled and almost unrecognizable as vehicles.Ex. Books can seldom be disbound for the benefit of bibliographers (although it is worth remembering that they sometimes have to be rebound, when they are completely dismembered), but we can now see through printing ink by means of betaradiography.Ex. If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' 'blown away,' or ' shredded'.Ex. These small small but very sharp flakes were used by hunters to slaughter animals.Ex. If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' ' blown away,' or 'shredded'.Ex. They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.Ex. Storms in this part of the world are common and the people didn't seem to bat an eyelid at the prospect of a 135km wind ripping through their town.Ex. Microscopists think very little about plucking an innocent and unsuspecting insect from the garden, killing it, and pulling it to bits for study under a microscope.Ex. One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.Ex. The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.Ex. The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.Ex. Cattle ranches are chewing up the Amazon rainforest.----* destrozar completamente = blow + Nombre + to bits.* destrozarse = come + undone, go to + rack and ruin, come apart at + the seams, fall apart at + the seams, go to + ruin.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) (romper, deteriorar) to breakla bomba destrozó varios edificios — the bomb destroyed o wrecked several buildings
b) <felicidad/armonía> to destroy, shatter; < corazón> to break; < matrimonio> to ruin, destroy2.su muerte la destrozó — she was devastated o shattered by his death
destrozarse v pron (refl)a) ( romperse)b) <estómago/hígado> to ruin* * *= shatter, batter, vandalise [vandalize, -USA], wreak + devastation, smash, pull apart, ravage, go out + the window, tear + apart, mangle, dismember, shred, slaughter, blow away, wreck, rip through, pull + Nombre + to bits, wipe + the floor with, rubbish, blight, chew up.Ex: Her feeling of well-being was soon rudely shattered.
Ex: But the early cylinder machines worked less accurately than the platens, tending to slur the impression and batter the type.Ex: This article argues in favour of the term 'conservator' rather than 'restorer' of books as the former does not conjure up a picture of the Victorian artisan vandalising documents with irreversible treatments simply for effect.Ex: This article describes the experiences of a fledgling information system in dealing with a hurricane which wreaked devastation on some of the most remote areas of Hawaii = Este artículo describe las experiencias de un sistema de información nuevo al verse afectado por un huracán que devastó algunas de las zonas más remotas de Hawaii.Ex: The library was badly vandalised and the intruders overturned 10 large bookcases, tore paintings down, emptied catalogues, and smashed intercoms, chairs, tables and windows.Ex: If solutions are not found to meet this challenge, users' hunger for multimedia could pull the Internet apart.Ex: The rigours of the climate and the effects of war and political unrest have ravaged this country's cultural heritage.Ex: The lack of centralisation means that good management goes out the window and everything gets sloppier.Ex: He is a stickler for detail and can tear apart a budget or a balance sheet faster than anyone.Ex: In places the waters had swept container lorries loaded with goods yards off the road where they now lay twisted and mangled and almost unrecognizable as vehicles.Ex: Books can seldom be disbound for the benefit of bibliographers (although it is worth remembering that they sometimes have to be rebound, when they are completely dismembered), but we can now see through printing ink by means of betaradiography.Ex: If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' 'blown away,' or ' shredded'.Ex: These small small but very sharp flakes were used by hunters to slaughter animals.Ex: If they do muster up the courage to participate, they have learned what it is like to lose: they describe it as being 'slaughtered,' ' blown away,' or 'shredded'.Ex: They had made a secret deal with Otto Reich to wreck Cuba's economy.Ex: Storms in this part of the world are common and the people didn't seem to bat an eyelid at the prospect of a 135km wind ripping through their town.Ex: Microscopists think very little about plucking an innocent and unsuspecting insect from the garden, killing it, and pulling it to bits for study under a microscope.Ex: One by one, he wiped the floor with opponents who had spoken in the debate -- with a ferocious blend of rant, rhetoric and rumbustious counterattack.Ex: The theory of Scandinavian racial purity cherished by Hitler and the Nazis has been rubbished by new scientific research.Ex: The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.Ex: Cattle ranches are chewing up the Amazon rainforest.* destrozar completamente = blow + Nombre + to bits.* destrozarse = come + undone, go to + rack and ruin, come apart at + the seams, fall apart at + the seams, go to + ruin.* * *destrozar [A4 ]vt1 (romper, deteriorar) to breakla bomba destrozó varios edificios the bomb destroyed o wrecked several buildingsno hagas eso que vas a destrozar los zapatos don't do that, you'll ruin your shoes2 ‹felicidad/armonía› to destroy, shatter; ‹corazón› to break; ‹matrimonio› to ruin, destroyme está destrozando los nervios she's making me a nervous wreckla muerte de su marido la destrozó she was devastated o shattered by her husband's death1(romperse): se cayó al suelo y se destrozó it fell to the ground and smashedse me han destrozado los zapatos my shoes are ruined o have fallen to pieces2 ( refl) ‹estómago/hígado› to ruinte vas a destrozar los pies usando esos zapatos you're going to ruin o damage your feet wearing those shoes* * *
destrozar ( conjugate destrozar) verbo transitivo
‹cristal/jarrón› to smash;
‹ juguete› to pull … apart;
‹ coche› to wreck;
‹ libro› to pull apart
‹ corazón› to break;
destrozarse verbo pronominal
[jarrón/cristal] to smash
destrozar verbo transitivo
1 (romper) to tear up, wreck, ruin
2 (una tela, un papel) to tear to shreds, rip up
3 (apenar, desgarrar) to shatter, devastate: me destroza verte así, it breaks my heart to see you this way
4 (los planes, la convivencia, etc) to ruin
' destrozar' also found in these entries:
English:
break
- destroy
- mangle
- shatter
- smash
- smash up
- tear apart
- trash
- vandalize
- wreck
- write off
- get
- murder
- piece
- pull
- write
* * *♦ vt1. [físicamente] [romper] to smash;[estropear] to ruin;el terremoto destrozó la ciudad the earthquake destroyed the city;vas a destrozar o [m5] destrozarte los zapatos de tanto usarlos you'll ruin your shoes, wearing them so much2. [emocionalmente] [persona] to shatter, to devastate;[matrimonio, relación] to wreck; [pareja] to break up; [vida] to ruin; [corazón] to break;el divorcio la ha destrozado she was devastated by the divorce;ese ruido le destroza los nervios a cualquiera that noise is enough to drive anyone up the wall;destrozó a su oponente en el debate he destroyed his opponent in the debate* * *v/t1 destroy* * *destrozar {21} vt1) : to smash, to shatter2) : to destroy, to wreck* * *destrozar vb1. (en general) to destroy / to wreck2. (hacer trozos) to smash
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