spränga

• sprenga (obsolete since 1889)

From Old Swedish sprængia, from Old Norse sprengja, from Proto-Germanic *sprangijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *springaną. Doublet of springa.

spränga (present spränger, preterite sprängde, supine sprängt, imperative spräng)

1. blow up; to destroy something through an explosion
2. cause something to explode
3. to (quickly) arrest enough people in a criminal gang or organization to cause it to break up

   Polisen sprängde en spritsmugglarliga.

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4. (billiards) break

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• explodera (“to explode”)

• spränga in Svensk ordbok.
• spränga in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)