Strong’s definition
to pull down or in pieces, break, destroy
KJV gloss list in the source
beat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, [idiom] utterly.
Source pronunciation notation: haw-ras'
Derivation recorded by Strong
a primitive root;
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