écraser
Meaning
- to squash
- to obliterate
- to mash (vegetables), to crush (garlic)
- to thrash, to crush, to win by a large margin
- (slang) to shut up
- to crash
- to overwrite
Concepts
grind up
squash flat
squash up
break-down
Synonyms
rouler sur
meurtrir
poudre
réduire à l’impuissance
s’affaler
sur le sol
transformer en pâte
jeter en bas
ecraseu
prendre le dessus sur
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/e.kʁa.ze/
Etymology
From Middle French ecraser (“to squash”), from Middle English crasen (“to break, shatter”), from Old Norse *krasa (“to shatter”), ultimately imitative. More at craze.
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