massacrer

  1. to massacre (to kill)
  2. (figuratively) to botch (to do something badly)

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ma.sa.kʁe/
Etymology

In summary

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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