vernichten

v/t destroy (auch Urkunden); stärker: annihilate; (ausrotten) exterminate; (auslöschen) wipe out, eradicate; (Hoffnung) dash, shatter

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to cut up; to undo; to destroy; to annihilate; to demolish; to crush; to devastate; to kill; to blight; to kill off; to shatter

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ver|nịch|ten [fɛɐ'nɪçtn] ptp verni\#chtet

vt (lit, fig)

to destroy; Schädlinge, Menschheit auch to exterminate; Feind auch to annihilate

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1) (to destroy completely: The epidemic annihilated the population of the town.) annihilate

2) (to make or become unusable.) break

3) (to kill (animals): This poison destroys rats.) destroy

4) (to stop the growth of (plants etc): The frost has nipped the roses.) nip

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ver·nich·ten *

[fɛɐ̯ˈnɪçtn̩]

vt

1. (zerstören)

▪ etw \vernichten to destroy sth

2. (ausrotten)

▪ jdn/etw \vernichten to exterminate sb/sth

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transitives Verb destroy; exterminate <pests, vermin>

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vernichten v/t destroy (auch Urkunden); stärker: annihilate; (ausrotten) exterminate; (auslöschen) wipe out, eradicate; (Hoffnung) dash, shatter

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transitives Verb destroy; exterminate <pests, vermin>

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v.

to annihilate v.

to blast v.

to crush v.

to defeat v.

to demolish v.

to destroy v.

to kill v.