hoota

v.

1. defeat, conquer. Defeat. To overcome an enemy in battle or conflict; to conquer or vanquish an opponent through military force.

Example: Judasi kũhoota Timotheo (As he was successful at arms in all his undertakings, he destroyed more than twenty thousand in the two strongholds.); iria ciathiaga na magũrũ, na thigari ngiri ithaano (5,000) cia mbarathi, arĩ na muorooto wa kũhoota Ayahudi. (So the following year he gathered together sixty thousand picked men and five thousand cavalry, to fight them.)