• Listen

  What it means

  “Completely / utterly / to nothing.” Total and complete destruction or consumption — wiped out entirely, reduced to nothing.

  Vocabulary

  • szcząt — remnant, fragment (archaic)
  • do szczętu — to the last remnant, utterly

  Grammar note

  'Do szczętu' uses the genitive of the archaic 'szcząt' after 'do'. A fixed adverbial phrase of totality.

  Cultural context

  'Spalić do szczętu' (to burn to the ground), 'zniszczyć do szczętu' (to destroy utterly). One of the strongest intensifiers for total destruction.

  Intermediate

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