subissare

Meaning

  1. (transitive, uncommon) to sink, to destroy, to ruin
  2. (intransitive, uncommon) to sink, to fall, to be ruined
  3. (figuratively, transitive) to overwhelm

Translations

πλημμυρίζω

flooder

Etymology

From abissare, wrongly interpreted as containing a prefix ab- and then substituted with sub-.

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