сокрушать

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic съкроушати (sŭkrušati). Equivalent to сокруш- (sokruš-) +‎ -а́ть (-átʹ)

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Verb

сокруша́ть (sokrušátʹimpf (perfective сокруши́ть)

  1. to smash, to shatter
    сокруша́ть неприя́теляsokrušátʹ neprijáteljato overwhelm/rout the enemy
    сокруша́ть наде́ждыsokrušátʹ nadéždyto shatter/ruin hopes
  2. (dated) to distress, to grieve

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