Meanings
Readings
Common Words
to smash; to crush; to flatten
to shut down; to put out of business; to force (a company) to close up shop
to wreck; to break; to block; to thwart
to butcher; to slaughter; to kill (livestock, for food)
to kill (time); to while away (the time); to use up (one's time)
to waste (e.g. talents)
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; caving in
Physics
(radioactive) decay; disintegration
to be crushed; to be squashed; to be smashed; to be destroyed; to be broken; to collapse
to go bankrupt; to go under; to fail; to collapse
to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to collapse (e.g. of a project); to fall through; to blow up
to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.); to cease functioning
to be taken up (of one's time); to be lost; to be wasted
to be missed (of a chance); to be lost
to be lost (of face, composure, etc.); to broken down (e.g. of one's courage); to be broken (of one's heart)
to be worn down (of a pen nib, saw teeth, etc.); to wear away; to become dull
to get dead drunk
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
to crush; to squash; to flatten
to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
to kill time
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer
wasting time; waste of time
to trample; to crush underfoot
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
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