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massacrer.

to massacre (to kill)

9 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/ma.sa.kʁe/
  1. to massacre (to kill)

  2. to botch (to do something badly)

    figuratively
    Il a massacré cette chanson.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French massacrer, from Old French macecrer, macecler, probably from Vulgar Latin *matteuculāre, from *matteuca (whence French massue), from *mattea or Late Latin mattia, from Latin mateola (“hoe”).

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