verb
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to force to come apart; to split or crack into pieces by force; to break.
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to destroy; to ruin; to bring to naught; to demolish.
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to conquer; to defeat in any conflict.
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to keep from happening; to ward off; to prevent; to avert.
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to treat or speak to with scorn, insolence or great disrespect; to insult; to humiliate.
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to annoy, interfere with or meddle with so as to trouble or harm; to molest.