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discutiō cussī, cussus, ere

dis + quatio, to strike asunder, dash to pieces, shatter : columna ad imum fulmine discussa est, L.: arietibus aliquantum muri, L.: latericium, Cs.: tempora ictu, O.: nubīs, O.: discussae iubae capiti, V.: saxa, Iu.To break up, scatter, disperse, dissipate, remove, dispel : coetūs, L.: discussa est caligo: discussā nive, Cs.: umbras, V.: somnum sibi lymphā, Pr.: soporem, Cu. — Fig., to remove, scatter, destroy, suppress : caedem: cunctationem eius: eam rem litterae discusserunt, L.: periculum consilio.

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