hävittää

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • (transitive) to lose, misplace
  • (transitive) to destroy completely, demolish, wipe out, annihilate, decimate
  • (transitive) to kill, liquidate, rub out, bump off, put down, put to sleep usually insects, more rarely mammals
  • (transitive) to exterminate, annihilate people
  • (transitive) to devastate, lay waste to, ravage
  • (transitive) to waste, squander, blow

Etymology

Suffix from Finnish hävitä (loss).

Origin

Finnish

hävitä

Gloss

loss

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