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Latin
Etymology
From dis- + ruō.
Pronunciation
Verb
dīruō (present infinitive dīruere, perfect active dīruī, supine dīrutum); third conjugation
- to overthrow, demolish, destroy, ruin down
- Synonyms: ruīnō, accido, tollo, aboleō, dēvāstō, ēvāstō, vāstō, dēstruō, perdō, exscindō, occido, populor, interimō, absūmō, impellō, sepeliō, perimō, trucīdō
- Antonyms: ēmendō, reficiō, reparō, corrigō, medeor
- to scatter
- Synonyms: effundo, fundo
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “diruo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “diruo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- diruo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.