terrasser
Meanings
Verb
1. to fortify or buttress with a mound of earth (transitive)
2. to floor, to bring down (to cause (an opponent) to fall to the ground)) (transitive)
3. to bring down, to defeat thoroughly (transitive)
Examples4
J'ai été terrassé par un terrible rhume durant une semaine.
I was flat on my back for a week with a terrible cold.
J'ai été terrassée par un terrible rhume durant une semaine.
I was flat on my back for a week with a terrible cold.
Sa grand-mère l'a terrassé.
His grand-mother knocked him down.
C'était un garçon robuste et plein de vie avant que la peste ne le terrasse.
He was a strong boy, full of life, before he was stricken with the plague.