The verb Guernicate, to Guernica, or to experience Guernication is a word derived from the name of the artwork named Guernica. Guernica is a large 1937 oil painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. It is one of his best-known works, regarded by many art critics as the most moving and powerful anti-war painting in history. It is exhibited in the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid.
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Bomb (something) out of existence.
"she had made up her mind that the woman had been guernicated, as forty missiles had rained upon her"
destroy or dismiss (a place) from a position of relevance or power.
"The overwhelming view is that Belgrade should be guernicated out of popular culture because the city holds nothing cool"
1.
common
Bomb (something) out of existence.
"she had made up her mind that the woman had been guernicated, as forty missiles had rained upon her"
destroy or dismiss (a place) from a position of relevance or power.
"The overwhelming view is that Belgrade should be guernicated out of popular culture because the city holds nothing cool"
by Michelthegreatest February 26, 2026
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