s'abîmer

Vous ne mettez pas vos vins exquis dans vos vieux coups, qu'elles ont été remplies de mauvais vin : ils s'abîmeraient, avec le danger de se répandre.
You don't put your delicious wines in your old strokes, that are been filled with bad wine: they would be ruined, with the danger to spread out himself/herself/themselves.
Quand nous sommes allés camper, nous avons emporté des manchons supplémentaires pour la lanterne au cas où ils s'abîmeraient.
When we went camping, we took extra mantles for the lantern in case they became damaged.
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