to pull something so violently that it breaks into two or more pieces:

to defeat someone very easily in a sport:

to not allow someone to enter a place:

to not allow someone to enter a place:

to make something unpleasant have less of an effect on someone:

an area, town, building, etc.:

to want someone or something very much:

to not be loyal to someone, especially by giving away secret information about them, or to fail to do something that you said you would do:

to start saying something or criticizing something with a lot of energy or anger:

to start saying something or criticizing something with a lot of energy or anger:

to give attention to something, because it is of special interest or often because you think it is the cause of a problem:

If a fact dawns on you, you understand it after a period of not understanding it:

to cause a piece of false information to be believed by one or more people:

to begin to compete or argue with another person, group, or organization:

to be much bigger and more successful than another thing of the same type:

to sit down suddenly and heavily, or to put an object or child down suddenly and without taking care:

to give an animal or a thin person a lot of food so that they become fatter:

to disappoint someone by not meeting them or not doing something that you had arranged to do together:

to share an amount of food or drink between people by giving some to each:

to stop yourself thinking about something unpleasant: