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debellare

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Italian

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin dēbellāre.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /de.belˈla.re/
    • Rhymes: -are
    • Hyphenation: de‧bel‧là‧re

    Verb

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    debellàre (first-person singular present debèllo, first-person singular past historic debellài, past participle debellàto, auxiliary avére)

    1. (transitive, literary) to defeat
      Synonym: sconfiggere
    2. (transitive) to eradicate
      Synonym: eliminare

    Conjugation

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    Further reading

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    • debellare”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

    Anagrams

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    Latin

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    Verb

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    dēbellāre

    1. inflection of dēbellō:
      1. present active infinitive
      2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative