zerschmettern

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German

Etymology

From zer- +‎ schmettern.

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  • Hyphenation: zer‧schmet‧tern

Verb

zerschmettern (weak, third-person singular present zerschmettert, past tense zerschmetterte, past participle zerschmettert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to smash; to smash up
    • 1918, Heinrich Mann, Der Untertan, Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 78:
      Seine Majestät hatten es selbst gesagt: „Diejenigen, welche mir behilflich sein wollen, herzlich willkommen. Die sich mir entgegenstellen, zerschmettere ich.“
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