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abrutir

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Definition: to exhaust, to deaden one's mind

Ce cours m'abrutit - This class wipes me out.

Elle abrutit ses enfants de travail - She works her kids silly, She works her kids until they are exhausted.

Il s'abrutit à regarder la télé - He's becoming mindless by watching too much TV.

Related: abruti (adj) - stunned, dazed, stupefied, idiotic; un abruti (inf) - idiot, moron; abrutissant (adj) - stunning, thought-destroying; abrutissement (m noun) - exhaustion, mindless state

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