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stritolare

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Italian

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Etymology

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From s- +‎ tritolare.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /stri.toˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: stri‧to‧là‧re

Verb

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stritolàre (first-person singular present strìtolo, first-person singular past historic stritolài, past participle stritolàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. (also hyperbolic) to crush
    Synonyms: frantumare, rompere; see also Thesaurus:schiacciare
    stritolare un ossoto crush a bone (to powder)
    una stretta che mi stritola la mano
    a squeeze that crushes my hand
  2. to destroy (an argument); to refute
    Synonyms: annientare, demolire
    l'oratore ha stritolato gli argomenti del manifestante
    the speaker destroyed the protestor's arguments

Conjugation

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Anagrams

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