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ein Buch verreißen / kritisieren

to severely criticize or pan a book

Türkçe: bir kitabı yerden yere vurmak

Noun
das Buch n.
Verb
kritisieren
Topic
Bildung und Wissen
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Register: neutral, common in literary reviews

In a sentence

Which form of kritisieren fills the gap?

Der Kritiker ____ das neue Buch der Autorin in seiner Kolumne.

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Der Kritiker verreißt das neue Buch der Autorin in seiner Kolumne.

How it is used

Means to severely criticize or pan a book. Register: neutral, common in literary reviews. A critic might say this in a newspaper article. Learners often confuse it with 'zerreißen' (to tear physically); it's purely metaphorical.

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