profligo

prōflīgō āvī, ātus, āre

1 FLAG-, to strike to the ground, cast down utterly, overthrow, overcome, conquer : aciem hostium: classem hostium, Cs.: hostīs, N.—Fig., to overthrow, ruin, destroy, crush : rem p.: tantas opes, N.— To bring to an end, finish, despatch, do away : bellum commissum ac profligatum conficere, L.: profligato fere Samnitium bello, L.: profligata iam haec quaestio est: omnia ad perniciem profligata.