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  • 41overthrow — v 1. vanquish, conquer, subjugate, Sl. shellac; defeat, beat, rout, discomfit, worst, thrash; overpower, overmaster, be victorious over, Inf. whip; subvert, overturn, overcome, overwhelm, prevail over, surmount; quash, quell, squash, squelch;… …

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  • 42raze — v 1. tear down, pull down, take down, bring down, break down, throw down, beat down, batter down; cast down, knock down, fling down, hurl down, precipitate, Inf. spill, tumble, topple; fell, lay level, prostrate, level, bulldoze, flatten; cut… …

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  • 43ruin — n 1. devastation, desolation, ravagement, havoc, destruction; dilapidation, ruination, wreck, wreckage, wrack, wrack and ruin; disruption, upheaval; crash, collision, crack up. 2. overthrow, overturn, subversion, suppression, subdual, conquest;… …

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  • 44bhreĝ-1 —     bhreĝ 1     English meaning: to break     Deutsche Übersetzung: “brechen, krachen”     Material: O.Ind. giri bhráj “ bursting out from the mountains “; Lat. frangō, ere, frēgi (: Goth. *brēkum), früctum “ break in pieces, dash to pieces,… …

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  • 45crash — crash1 [krash] vi. [ME crashen, prob. echoic var. of cracken (see CRACK1); akin to Dan krase, to crackle, Ger krach, crash, disaster < krachen, to crack] 1. to fall, collide, or break with force and with a loud, smashing noise 2. a) to make a… …

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  • 46Elide — E*lide , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Elided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Eliding}.] [L. elidere to strike out or off; e + laedere to hurt by striking: cf. F. [ e]lider. See {Lesion}.] 1. To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an… …

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  • 47Elided — Elide E*lide , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Elided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Eliding}.] [L. elidere to strike out or off; e + laedere to hurt by striking: cf. F. [ e]lider. See {Lesion}.] 1. To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an… …

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  • 48Eliding — Elide E*lide , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Elided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Eliding}.] [L. elidere to strike out or off; e + laedere to hurt by striking: cf. F. [ e]lider. See {Lesion}.] 1. To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an… …

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  • 49Pash — Pash, v. t. [Prob. of imitative origin, or possibly akin to box to fight with the fists.] To strike; to crush; to smash; to dash in pieces. [Obs.] P. Plowman. I ll pash him o er the face. Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 50elide — verb a) To break or dash in pieces; to demolish. Graham Houghs apparently objective assertion that Ozymandias is extremely clear and direct, for example, elides the question of to whom? Bennet and Royle, <i> An introduction to literature,… …

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