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Obrute

Postby Grogie » Tue Jun 09, 2015 10:54 am

To overwhelm or bury. ''The avalanche was so powerful the skiers were obruted immediately''

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Re: Obrute

Postby Slava » Tue Feb 16, 2021 7:49 am

Sounds too close to up-rooted to make it in the audible world. Good for fancy writing, though.

Or, break it up and you almost get Shakespeare; "Et tu? O, Brute!"
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