guhonnya

How to say it

Meaning

to destroy something completely, leaving it ruined or unusable.

Good to know

A blunt, forceful word for wrecking something — property, a plan, or a relationship — not a gentle sort of damage.

Examples

• Umwuzure wahonnye imirima yose.The flood destroyed all the fields.
• Ntukanhonnye ivyo naranguye ku bwitonzi bwose.Don't go destroying what I built up so carefully.
• Bahonnye inzu y'umwanzi wabo.They destroyed their enemy's house.
• Umuriro warahonnye ibintu vyose vyari mu bubiko.The fire destroyed everything that was in the storeroom.

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