arrasar
Meanings
Verb
1. to level, to smooth (transitive)
2. to raze, to destroy (transitive)
3. to annihilate, to devastate, to ravage, to exterminate (intransitive)
4. to triumph, to crush, to sweep (to be phenomenally successful) (intransitive, figurative, figuratively)
Examples5
El fuego arrasó y consumió toda la aldea.
The fire raged and consumed the whole village.
El fuego arrasó y consumió la aldea entera.
The fire raged and consumed the whole village.
Las hordas mongolas arrasaron todo a su paso.
The Mongol hordes wiped out everything in their path.
El tifón arrasó Tokio.
The typhoon hit Tokyo.
Las hordas mongolas arrasaron con todo en su camino.
The Mongol hordes wiped out everything in their path.