Dictionary Definition:
Manāti [cp. Sk. mṛṇāti, mṛ2] to crush, destroy; only in Commentator's fanciful etymological analysis of veramaṇī at DhsA 218 (veraŋ manāti (sic.) vināsetī ti v.) and KhA 24 (veraŋ maṇātī ti v., veraŋ pajahati vinodeti etc.).