anéantir

anéantir [aneɑ̃tiʀ]

➭ TABLE 2 transitive verb

   a. ( = détruire) to destroy

   b. [chagrin] to crush

• la nouvelle l'a anéanti the news completely broke him

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aneɑ̃tiʀ
1.

verbe transitif

1) (détruire) to ruin [récoltes]; to lay waste to [ville]; to wipe out [peuple]; to shatter [espoir]

2) (abattre) [nouvelle] to crush; [fatigue] to exhaust; [chaleur] to overwhelm

2.

s'anéantir verbe pronominal [espoir, rêve] to be shattered

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aneɑ̃tiʀ vt

1) [armée, ville] to annihilate, to wipe out

2) fig, [efforts] to wreck, to destroy, [espoirs] to obliterate, destroy

3) [personne] to break

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anéantir verb table: finir

A vtr

1 (détruire) to ruin [récoltes]; to lay waste to [ville, région]; to wipe out [peuple, armée]; to shatter [espoir, rêve, autorité];

2 (abattre) [nouvelle, chagrin] to crush; [effort, fatigue] to exhaust; [chaleur] to overwhelm; anéanti par la fatigue utterly exhausted.

B s'anéantir vpr [espoir, rêve] to be shattered.

[aneɑ̃tir] verbe transitif

1. [détruire - armée, ville] to annihilate, to destroy, to wipe out (separable) ; [ - rébellion, révolte] to quell, to crush ; [ - espoir] to dash, to destroy ; [ - succès, effort] to ruin, to wreck ; [ - amour, confiance] to destroy

2. [accabler - suj: nouvelle, événement] to overwhelm, to crush

être anéanti par le chagrin to be overcome by grief

elle est anéantie she's devastated

[épuiser] to exhaust

elle est anéantie par la chaleur/fatigue she's overwhelmed by the heat/utterly exhausted

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s'anéantir verbe pronominal intransitif

to disappear, to vanish

tous nos espoirs se sont anéantis all our hopes were dashed