ledere

Definitions of ledere
  1. verb
    cause injuries or bodily harm to
    synonyms: ferire, offendere, vulnerare
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    rimordere, seviziare
    subject to torture
    traumatizzare
    inflict a trauma upon
    mutilare
    injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation
    danneggiare, penalizzare, pregiudicare
    cause or do harm to
    investire
    injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle
    accoltellare, pugnalare
    use a knife on
    acciaccare, ammaccare
    injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of
    escoriare, pascere, sbucciare, scorticare
    break the skin (of a body part) by scraping
    nauseare
    make sick or ill
    mutilare
    destroy or injure severely
    fulminare
    strike down or shoot down
    gambizzare
    shoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warning
    dirompere, maciullare, spezzare
    crush or bruise
    type of:
    ferire, offendere
    give trouble or pain to
  2. verb
    inflict damage upon
    synonyms: danneggiare, deteriorare, guastare, nuocere, pregiudicare, rovinare
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    arrugginire, rodere, rosicare, rosicchiare
    cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid
    mutilare, scomparire, sezionare, sfigurare
    destroy or injure severely
    digrossare, sgrossare
    cut away in small pieces
    fracassarsi, polverizzare, schiantarsi, spolverizzare
    damage or destroy as if by violence
    ustionare
    burn with a hot liquid or steam
    abbruciacchiare, bruciacchiare
    burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
    corrompere, insudiciare, perdere, rovinare, sbrodolare, subornare
    place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
    mutilare, scomparire, sfigurare
    mar or spoil the appearance of
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    alterare, cambiare, fare cambiare, fare mutare, modificare, mutare
    cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
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