scannare

Senso (Inglese)

  1. (transitive) to cut the throat of, to butcher, to slaughter (an animal)
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to slaughter, to massacre
  3. (figuratively, transitive) to harass, to oppress through heavy taxes or high prices
  4. (archaic, transitive) to drain (water) by cutting an outlet in a ditch or moat

Etimologia (Inglese)

From s- + canna (“tube (of the trachea)”) + -are.

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