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coventrize

coventrize verb: to bomb (a place) into rubble.

Verb

coventrize (third-person singular simple present coventrizes, present participle coventrizing, simple past and past participle coventrized)

  1. (dated, transitive) To bomb (a place) into rubble.
    Synonyms:
    coventrate

Synonyms of coventrize

Forms of coventrize

third-person singular presentcoventrizes
present participlecoventrizing
past participlecoventrized
pastcoventrized

Origin of coventrize

Coventry + -ize, in reference to Nazi Germany's bombing of the city of Coventry in England.

Questions about coventrize

What does coventrize mean?
Coventrize means to bomb (a place) into rubble.
What part of speech is coventrize?
Coventrize is a verb.
What is the past tense of coventrize?
The past tense of coventrize is coventrized.

Words near coventrize in the dictionary

  1. coventrated
  2. coventrates
  3. coventrating
  4. Coventrian
  5. Coventrians
  6. coventrize
  7. coventrized
  8. coventrizes
  9. coventrizing
  10. Coventry
  11. Coventry blue

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