populor

Meaning

1. (conjugation-1, deponent) to lay waste, ravage or devastate, destroy or ruin
2. (conjugation-1, deponent) to plunder or pillage

Concepts

destroy

ruin

lay waste

plunder

ravage

pillage

devastate

Opposite of

ēmendō, reficiō, reparō, corrigō, medeor

Synonyms

aufero

deleo

praedo

aboleo

abolefacio

Translations

vernichten

arruinar

καταστρέφω

distruggere

piller

ruiner

دَمَّرَ

verwüsten

zerstören

plündern

kaputtmachen

ruinieren

λεηλατώ

κουρσεύω

διαγουμίζω

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈpɔ.pʊ.ɫɔr]

Etymology

From populus (“community, people”). According to De Vaan, the meaning developed from an earlier sense "to have an army pass through".