mattanza.
last phase of tuna fishing in which a very large net is closed around a group of fish and drawn together, the fish being hooked using harpoons and then beaten to death via repeated blows
Meaning & usage
last phase of tuna fishing in which a very large net is closed around a group of fish and drawn together, the fish being hooked using harpoons and then beaten to death via repeated blows
massacre, carnage
Where this word comes from
From Spanish matanza (“slaughter”), derived from matar (“to kill”).
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