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-clast

-clast suffix: something that breaks or destroys.

Suffix

-clast

  1. Something that breaks or destroys.

Origin of -clast

From Ancient Greek κλαστός (klastós, “broken”), verbal adjective of κλάω (kláō, “to break”).

Words formed from -clast

Questions about -clast

What does -clast mean?
-clast means something that breaks or destroys.
What part of speech is -clast?
-clast is a suffix.

Words near -clast in the dictionary

  1. -cir-
  2. -cism
  3. -citabine
  4. -clase
  5. -clasis
  6. -clast
  7. -clastic
  8. -cleisis
  9. -clidine
  10. -clidinium
  11. -clinal

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