abattre

Meaning

1. to butcher; to slaughter for meat
2. to shoot dead
3. to cut down (a tree)
4. to destroy or demolish (a wall)
5. to fall down, especially of tall things, such as trees
6. to descend upon with violence or furor
7. to strike

Concepts

cut down

slaughter

butcher

kill

fell

chop down

pull down

slay

knock down

murder

shoot dead

fall

take down

destroy

bring down

reduce

abase

defeat

demolish

dishearten

down

drop

excavate

hack

shoot

shoot down

cut

eliminate

waste

beat

chop

depress

dig up

discourage

enfeeble

liquidate

overcome

overthrow

weaken

win over

throw down

sink

appease

calm

cover

cut off

enervate

go through

grub

humiliate

mortify

pass through

quiet

soothe

still

use up

vanquish

shoot to death

knock over

blow down

break down

dispatch

mow

operate

put off

turn up

debilitate

bump off

put down

shorten

dismay

pass

end

finish

quit

stop

cease

terminate

assuage

breakdown

exhaust

quiten

surmount

tackle

tranquilize

take to pieces

account for

shoot sb down

gun sb down

hack down

shooting down

overturn

undermine

upset

make change

humble

prostrate

behead

cut the throat of

cut up

cut down a tree

throw in wrestling

bear away

fell a tree

work off

abate

drain

convert

convince

castigate

chasten

chastise

correct

objurgate

reproach

upbraid

beat out

crush

shell

trounce

push down

dismantle

level

rase

raze

tear down

hit

off

polish off

remove

log

euthanize

debase

overset

revolutionise

revolutionize

topple

finish off

knock off

put to death

annihilate

decimate

do in

unfix

burn out

cease burning

decrease

diminish

lambaste

shrink

ruin

calm down

cool it

conciliate

enmilden

pacify

degrade

demean

demote

downgrade

demoralise

demoralize

dispirit

oppress

comfort

console

deter

travel

dump

tip over

turn over

descend

fall down

sag

swoop

collapse

go down

immerge

immerse

cross

push on

turn

work through

attenuate

damp

devitalize,

impair

soften

water down

die away

remit

come

stand up

complete

conclude

cum

round off

shut down

squelch

allay

dampen

muffle

mute

liquefy

clear

exterminate

kill off

machete

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a.batʁ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French abattre, from Old French abatre, from Late Latin abbattere, from Latin battere.

Sentences

Celle-ci lui offre dollars pour abattre son mari .

She offers him dollars to shoot her husband.