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  • 1 blow

    I [bləu] noun
    1) (a stroke or knock: a blow on the head.) χτύπημα
    2) (a sudden misfortune: Her husband's death was a real blow.) πλήγμα
    II [bləu] past tense - blew; verb
    1) ((of a current of air) to be moving: The wind blew more strongly.) φυσώ
    2) ((of eg wind) to cause (something) to move in a given way: The explosion blew off the lid.) παίρνω, παρασύρω
    3) (to be moved by the wind etc: The door must have blown shut.) παρασύρομαι από φύσημα
    4) (to drive air (upon or into): Please blow into this tube!) φυσώ
    5) (to make a sound by means of (a musical instrument etc): He blew the horn loudly.) παίζω (πνευστό)
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    - blow-lamp
    - blow-torch
    - blowout
    - blowpipe
    - blow one's top
    - blow out
    - blow over
    - blow up

    English-Greek dictionary > blow

  • 2 batter

    I verb
    (to beat with blow after blow: He was battered to death with a large stick.) τσακίζω
    II noun
    (a mixture of flour, eggs and milk or water used in cooking. fry the fish in batter; pancake batter.) κουρκούτι

    English-Greek dictionary > batter

  • 3 stun

    past tense, past participle - stunned; verb
    1) (to make unconscious or knock senseless eg by a blow on the head: The blow stunned him.) ρίχνω αναίσθητο/ζαλίζω
    2) (to shock or astonish: He was stunned by the news of her death.) καταπλήσσω
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    English-Greek dictionary > stun

  • 4 shock

    I 1. [ʃok] noun
    1) (a severe emotional disturbance: The news gave us all a shock.) σοκ,κλονισμός,δυσάρεστη έκπληξη
    2) ((often electric shock) the effect on the body of an electric current: He got a slight shock when he touched the live wire.) ηλεκτροπληξία
    3) (a sudden blow coming with great force: the shock of an earthquake.) δόνηση,κραδασμός
    4) (a medical condition caused by a severe mental or physical shock: He was suffering from shock after the crash.) αποπληξία,σοκ
    2. verb
    (to give a shock to; to upset or horrify: Everyone was shocked by his death; The amount of violence shown on television shocks me.) αναστατώνω,συγκλονίζω/σκανδαλίζω,σοκάρω
    - shocking
    - shockingly
    - shock-absorber     II [ʃok] noun
    (a bushy mass (of hair) on a person's head.) πυκνή τούφα

    English-Greek dictionary > shock

  • 5 Mortal

    adj.
    Subject to death: P. and V. θνητός (Plat.), V. βρότειος.
    Deadly: P. and V. θανάσιμος.
    Of a blow: P. and V. καίριος (Xen.).
    Human: see Human.
    Seeing them stricken with mortal wounds she cried aloud: V. τετρωμένους δʼ ἰδοῦσα καιρίας σφαγὰς ᾤμωξεν (Eur., Phoen. 1431).
    met., of fear: P. and V. δεινός; of enmity: P. and V. ἄσπονδος.
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    subs.
    Use P. and V. ἄνθρωπος, ὁ or ἡ.
    Mortals: Ar. and V. θνητοί, οἱ, βροτοί, οἱ (once in sing., Plat., Rep. 566D, but rare P.), P. and V. ἐφήμεροι, οἱ (Plat.).
    Like to no race of mortal men: V. ὅμοιος οὐδενὶ σπαρτῶν γένει (Æsch., Eum. 410).
    Of mortals, adj.: V. βρότειος, βροτήσιος; see Human.

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Mortal

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  • death blow — n [singular] an action or event that makes something fail or end →↑death knell ▪ His decision to leave the show has delivered a death blow to the series …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • death|blow — «DEHTH BLOH», noun. 1. a blow that kills: »The knight received a deathblow early in the battle. 2. Figurative. a thing that puts an end (to something): »His illness was the deathblow to hopes for a trip to Europe …   Useful english dictionary

  • death blow — death ,blow noun count an action or event that causes the sudden and complete end of something important …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • death-blow — see death blow …   English dictionary

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  • death blow — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms death blow : singular death blow plural death blows an action or event that causes the sudden and complete end of something important deal a death blow to something: The injury dealt a death blow to his hopes… …   English dictionary

  • (a) death blow — an action or an event which causes something to end or fail. This renewed outbreak of fighting has been seen as a death blow to any chance for peace. (usually + to) The scandal dealt a death blow to (= ended) his political ambitions …   New idioms dictionary

  • death-blow — fatal blow, hit causing death, destructive event …   English contemporary dictionary

  • deal something a death blow — deal (something) a death blow to take an action that causes something to end or fail. New attacks dealt a death blow to the peace talks …   New idioms dictionary

  • deal a death blow — deal (something) a death blow to take an action that causes something to end or fail. New attacks dealt a death blow to the peace talks …   New idioms dictionary

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