Verb
vernichten
to destroy; to ruin; to wreck
A2
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Meanings
Verb
- to destroy; to ruin; to wreck
- to annihilate; to eradicate; to wipe out (to make something cease to exist)
In a sentence
Der Hagel hat die ganze Ernte vernichtet.
The hail destroyed the entire harvest.
Forms
infinitive
vernichten
he/she/it
vernichtet
simple past
vernichtete
perfect
hat vernichtet