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karapotapota

1. (stative) be broken into pieces, smashed, levelled.

I kahakina ngā piriti whakatārewa, me ngā maioro oneone e te wai, pakaru kino ana tōna huakanga ki runga ki ngā whare, karapotapota ana ngā mea katoa i tōna ara (TWMNT 21/9/1875:210). / The suspension bridges and embankments were carried away by the water, and it rushed into the houses smashing them, levelling everything in its path.

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