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to abime

to abime

9.9
To cause someone or something to fall into a deep hopeless ruin
  • verb
  • Archaic
translation icon : abismar
  • The king's reckless decisions threatened to abime the entire kingdom.

Examples

  • The treacherous cliff seemed to abime anyone who dared to approach.

  • He feared that the storm would abime his small boat.

  • They warned that unchecked greed could abime even the strongest of nations.

  • In ancient tales, a single mistake could abime a hero's fate forever.

  • If the government does not take action, their mismanagement will abime the country's future.

  • The reckless actions of the villain were destined to abime the hopes of the townspeople.

  • With every poorly made choice, he feared he would abime his once-promising career.

Synonyms

to dilapidate
vsto abime
1 8.4

To fall into ruin or cause something to fall into ruin because it is not cared for

is sudden total ruin or being thrown into an abyss rather than slow decay
to fordo
vsto abime
  • Archaic
1 9.9

To destroy completely a person, plan or thing

is a more dramatic falling into an abyss or total destruction

How Destructive

to annihilate
  • NSFW
63 7.5
to abime
  • Archaic
9.9
to destroy
1.0
to ruin
2.0
to damage
885 1.4
to harm
738 1.0

Surface Forms

abime infinitive
abimed past
abimed past participle
abiming present participle
abimes third person singular

Etymology

As a verb, abime comes from the same old idea of a 'bottomless' place and is related to abyss, so to abime someone is like throwing them into a bottomless pit — in other words, to ruin or destroy them completely.