tilintetgøre

dash, destroy

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vb

(ødelægge) destroy ( fx a document, the evidence),

(stærkere) wipe out ( fx an entire regiment; all resistance; the house was wiped out by the bomb),

F annihilate;

(knuse) crush ( fx the enemy, all opposition);

T stamp out ( fx all resistance);

(planer) frustrate;

[tilintetgøre hans forhåbninger] dash his hopes;

[tilintetgøre hans udsigter] ruin his prospects;

[tilintetgjort]

(fig) crushed;

[et tilintetgørende slag] a crushing (, F: devastating) blow.