Also means
to cut short
Usage Note
Stroncare has a range of forceful senses: to crush a rebellion, to cut someone's career short, to demolish a book or film in a review, or even to exhaust someone completely (mi ha stroncato — it wiped me out). In cultural journalism stroncare un libro (to pan a book) is very common. The c before a stays hard: stron-KAH-reh.
Examples
"Il critico ha stroncato il suo ultimo romanzo."
Natural Translation
The critic panned his latest novel.
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