abalar as estruturas

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abalar as estruturas (first-person singular present abalo as estruturas, first-person singular preterite abalei as estruturas, past participle abalado as estruturas)

  1. to present a challenge to the foundations or customs of; to rock or shake something to its core
    O onze de setembro abalou as estruturas do mundo ocidental.
    Nine-eleven shook the western world to its core.