abattre.
to butcher; to slaughter for meat
Meaning & usage
to butcher; to slaughter for meat
to shoot dead
to cut down (a tree)
to destroy or demolish (a wall)
to fall down, especially of tall things, such as trees
to descend upon with violence or furor
to strike
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle French abbatre, from Old French abatre, from Late Latin abbattere, from Latin battere. Cognate with Catalan abatre, Corsican abbatta, abbatte, Galician abater, Italian abbattere, Occitan abatre, Portuguese abater, Romanian abate, Sardinian abbàttiri, Sicilian abbàttiri, Spanish abatir.
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