zerschlagen

Meaning

1. to smash
2. to neutralise (an enemy)
3. to break up, to divide
4. to fail

Concepts

smash

shatter

defeat

batter

annihilate

crush

break

slab

hit

crash

dent

break up

break by striking

destroy

spoil

wreck

break into pieces

tear down

crack

part

split

profligate

squander

waste

beat

box

hammer

knock

knock at a door

knock on

nail

pound

punch

strike

fight

decimate

eliminate

eradicate

expunge

exterminate

extinguish

Hyphenated as

zer‧schla‧gen

Pronounced as (IPA)

[t͡sɛɐ̯ˈʃlaːɡn̩]

Etymology

zer- + schlagen