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141 заваливать
несов. - зава́ливать, сов. - завали́ть1) (вн. тв.; наваливать) heap up (d with); ( заполнять) fill up (d with); ( загромождать) block up (d with)2) (вн. тв.; засыпать) bury (d in)3) (вн. тв.; нагружать с избытком) overload (d with)зава́ливать зака́зами — overload with orders
он зава́лен рабо́той — he is up to the eyes in work
мы зава́лены жа́лобами — we are snowed under with complaints
её легко́ мо́жно завали́ть — she is an easy lay, she is quite beddable
6) разг. (вн.; не справляться с чем-л) botch up (d), ruin (d), mess up (d)зава́ливать всю рабо́ту — gum up the works идиом.
зава́ливать экза́мен — fail / flunk an exam
7) разг. (вн.; отвергать, обрекать на неудачу) fail (d)зава́ливать кого́-л на пи́сьменном экза́мене — fail smb in the written paper
оппози́ция завали́ла план прави́тельства — the opposition torpedoed the government's plan
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Demolish — De*mol ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demolished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demolishing}.] [F. d[ e]molir, fr. L. demoliri, p. p. demolitus; de + moliri to set a thing in motion, to work, construct, from moles a huge mass or structure. See {Mole} a mound, and … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
demolish — index consume, damage, defeat, destroy (efface), devastate, eliminate (eradicate), eradicate … Law dictionary
demolish — 1560s, from M.Fr. demoliss , prp. stem of démolir to destroy, tear down (late 14c.), from L. demoliri tear down, from de down (see DE (Cf. de )) + moliri build, construct, from moles (gen. molis) massive structure (see … Etymology dictionary
demolish — *destroy, raze Analogous words: wreck, *ruin, dilapidate: devastate, *ravage, waste, sack Antonyms: construct … New Dictionary of Synonyms
demolish — [v] destroy; consume annihilate, break, bulldoze, burst, crack, crush, decimate, defeat, devastate, devour, dilapidate, dismantle, eat, flatten, gobble up, knock down, level, obliterate, overthrow, overturn, pulverize, put away, put in toilet*,… … New thesaurus
demolish — ► VERB 1) pull or knock down (a building). 2) comprehensively refute or defeat. 3) humorous eat up (food) quickly. ORIGIN Latin demoliri, from moliri construct … English terms dictionary
demolish — [di mäl′ish] vt. [< extended stem of Fr démolir < L demoliri, to pull down, destroy < de , down + moliri, to build, construct < moles, a mass: see MOLE3] 1. to pull down, tear down, or smash to pieces (a building, etc.) 2. to destroy; … English World dictionary
demolish — [[t]dɪmɒ̱lɪʃ[/t]] demolishes, demolishing, demolished 1) VERB To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely. [V n] A storm moved directly over the island, demolishing buildings and flooding streets... [V n] The building… … English dictionary
demolish — [16] To demolish something is etymologically to ‘deconstruct’ it. The word comes from demoliss , the stem of Old French demolir, which in turn came from Latin dēmōlīrī ‘throw down, demolish’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dē ,… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
demolish */ — UK [dɪˈmɒlɪʃ] / US [dɪˈmɑlɪʃ] verb [transitive] Word forms demolish : present tense I/you/we/they demolish he/she/it demolishes present participle demolishing past tense demolished past participle demolished 1) a) to deliberately destroy a… … English dictionary
demolish — [16] To demolish something is etymologically to ‘deconstruct’ it. The word comes from demoliss , the stem of Old French demolir, which in turn came from Latin dēmōlīrī ‘throw down, demolish’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dē ,… … Word origins
