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verslaan.

to defeat

8 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/vərˈslaːn/
  1. to defeat

    transitive
    Het team wist hun tegenstanders te verslaan in de finale.
  2. to report on, cover

    transitive
    De journalist ging ter plaatse om live te verslaan wat er gebeurde.
    Hij verslaat alle belangrijke gebeurtenissen in zijn dagboek.
  3. to destroy, to fell

    dated · dialectal · transitive
  4. to beat to death; to kill

    dated · dialectal · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch verslaen. Equivalent to ver- + slaan.

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