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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /skasˈsa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: scas‧sà‧re

Etymology 1

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From s- +‎ cassa +‎ -are.

Verb

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scassàre (first-person singular present scàsso, first-person singular past historic scassài, past participle scassàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to uncrate, to remove from the crate
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *exquassāre, from Latin quassāre (to shake repeatedly).

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scassàre (first-person singular present scàsso, first-person singular past historic scassài, past participle scassàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, agriculture) to till, to break up (the soil)
  2. (transitive, colloquial) to ruin, to wreck (from carelessness or inexperience)
  3. (transitive, colloquial, figurative) to wreck, to exhaust, to batter (a person)
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Etymology 3

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From s- +‎ cassare.

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scassàre (first-person singular present scàsso, first-person singular past historic scassài, past participle scassàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, regional) to erase
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