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stritolare

to crush, to grind

verb stree-toh-LAH-reh Rare

Also means

to squeeze to death

Usage Note

Stritolare implies crushing something between two hard surfaces or grinding it to pieces — a constrictor stritola its prey, a machine stritola material. It is stronger and more violent than schiacciare (to press flat) and is often used figuratively: stritolato dal sistema (crushed by the system).

Examples

"Il serpente stritolò la sua preda lentamente."

Natural Translation

The snake slowly crushed its prey.

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