coventrate

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verb

To devastate by heavy bombing.

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coventrize
OriginGerman coventrieren →
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Meanings

verbcoventrate (third-person singular simple present coventrates, present participle coventrating, simple past and past participle coventrated)

present singular third person coventrates · participle present coventrating · participle past coventrated · past coventrated

  1. transitiveTo devastate by heavy bombing.

    Synonyms: coventrize

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo devastate by heavy bombing.

Similar
coventrize
Also see
coventrize

Origin

  1. Germancoventrieren
  2. Englishcoventrate

From Coventry + -ate (verb-forming suffix), following German coventrieren. Coventry, England, was devastated by German firebombing in November 1940, during World War II.

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Translations

German coventrieren
  • coventrierendevastate by heavy bombing
Italian coventrizzare
  • coventrizzaredevastate by heavy bombing
Polish kowentrykacja
  • kowentrykacjadevastate by heavy bombing
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APA

coventrate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coventrate

MLA

“coventrate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coventrate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coventrate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coventrate.

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