سَحَتَهُ
1.
, [aorist
سَحَتَ
, verbal noun سَحْتٌ,] He extirpated it, eradicated it, exterminated it, or destroyed it utterly; as also
اسحتهُ: (S, K, TA:) both signify he, or it, made it to go, go away, pass away, or depart; made away with it, did away with it, made an end of it, or destroyed it; namely, a man's property: and the latter, he destroyed utterly what he (a man) possessed. (TA.) You say, سَحَتَ الخِتَانَ, verbal noun as above; and
اسحتهُ; He performed the circumcision so as to remove the prepuce utterly. (TA.) And سَحَتَ
شَعَرَهُ
He removed his hair utterly in shaving and cutting: (A:) and سَحَتَ رَأْسَهُ, verbal noun as above; and
اسحتهُ; He shaved his head so as to remove the hair utterly. (Lh, TA.) And سَحَتَ
الشَّحْمَ عَنِ اللَّحْمِ, (aorist as above, K,) He peeled off the fat from the flesh; (S, A, K;) as also سَحَفَهُ. (S.) And سَحَتَ شَيْيءًا, aorist and verbal noun as above, He peeled, or peeled off, a thing by little and little. (L, TA.) And سَحَتَ وَجْهَ الأَرْضِ
He, or it, effaced the traces, or the like, upon the surface of the earth. (A, TA.) فَيَسْحَتَكُمْ بِعَذَابٍ, in the Qur'an, 20:64, means Lest He destroy you [by a punishment], (Bd, Jel,) or utterly destroy you; (Bd;) and some read
فَيُسْحِتَكُمْ, (S, Bd, Jel,) which means the same; (Bd, Jel;) this being of the dialect of Nejd and Temeem; and the former, of the dialect of El-Hijáz: (Bd:) or (tropical:) lest He harass, or distress, or afflict, you [by a punishment]: (A, TA:) or (assumed tropical:) lest He pare you [from the surface of the earth thereby]. (TA.) سَحَتْنَاهُمْ and
أَسْحَتْنَاهُمْ both signify (tropical:) We harassed, or distressed, or afflicted, them: and سَحَتَهُمْ [and
أَسْحَتَهُمْ], He slaughtered them. (TA.)
2.
See also the next paragraph, in two places.