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Definition: to eclipse, overshadow

La lune n'éclipse pas souvent le soleil - The moon doesn't often eclipse the sun.

Ces problèmes ont éclipsé la fête - These problems eclipsed the party.

Je n'aime pas quand les succès de mon frère éclipsent les miens - I don't like it when my brother's successes overshadow my own.

Related: s'éclipser - to slip/sneak away/out; une éclipse - eclipse

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