napoo

Etymology
World War I British and ANZAC army slang, probably a corruption of “il n′y a plus” (“there is no more”).

Adjective

 * 1)  Finished, dead, no more, gone; non-existent.
 * 2) * 1918 April, 'R', An elegy on my dugout, when it was done in, published in Four Whistles by D Company of the Scottish Officer Cadet Battalion, quoted in Graham Seal, The Soldiers' Press: Trench Journals in the First World War 2013 ISBN 1137303263:
 * What shall I do? / My poor old dug-out is napoo.
 * 1)  Dead.
 * 1)  Dead.
 * 1)  Dead.
 * 1)  Dead.

Verb

 * 1)  To finish; to put an end to; to kill.
 * He will napoo the rations.
 * 1) * 1984, John Masters, Man of War, 1984, US title High Command, |napooed|napooing%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22napoos|napooed|napooing%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6E-6T9X9H8nYigeR9PSNCQ&redir_esc=y page 230,
 * “No,” Merton said shortly. “We sit tight, they find us. If we both go wandering about looking for each other in the middle of the night, we′ll start a battle and the whole plan for tomorrow will be napooed.”
 * 1) * 1984, John Masters, Man of War, 1984, US title High Command, |napooed|napooing%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22napoos|napooed|napooing%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6E-6T9X9H8nYigeR9PSNCQ&redir_esc=y page 230,
 * “No,” Merton said shortly. “We sit tight, they find us. If we both go wandering about looking for each other in the middle of the night, we′ll start a battle and the whole plan for tomorrow will be napooed.”

Interjection

 * 1)  There is no more.

Translations

 * Portuguese:, já era