"-clast" meaning in English

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Suffix

Etymology: From Ancient Greek κλαστός (klastós, “broken”), verbal adjective of κλάω (kláō, “to break”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|κλαστός||broken}} Ancient Greek κλαστός (klastós, “broken”), {{m|grc|κλάω||to break}} κλάω (kláō, “to break”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -clast, {{en-suffix}} -clast
  1. something that breaks or destroys. Tags: morpheme Derived forms: -clastic, crystalloclast, introclast, osteoclast, phenoclast, pyroclast Related terms: iconoclast Translations (something that breaks or destroys): -claste (French), -clast (Irish)
    Sense id: en--clast-en-suffix-TG2klzG7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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