Also means
demolish
Usage Note
Abbattere covers physically knocking or felling something (a tree, a wall) and figuratively dispiriting someone, abbattere il morale. The reflexive abbattersi means to get disheartened, or of weather, to come crashing down.
Examples
"Hanno dovuto abbattere il muro."
Natural Translation
They had to knock down the wall.
Literal Translation
They-have had-to knock-down the wall.

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