abbattere

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to throw down; to knock down; to bring down; to fell
  2. (transitive) to demolish; to destroy
  3. (transitive) to topple; to overthrow
  4. (transitive) to reduce dramatically; to cut; to slash
  5. (transitive) to dismay; to demoralize; to discourage
  6. (transitive) to kill; to put down
  7. (transitive) to destroy (an argument, etc.); to refute; to rebut
  8. (obsolete, transitive) to leave ajar
  9. (obsolete, transitive) to lower
  10. (obsolete, transitive) to abolish
  11. (neologism, transitive) to blast chill (to quickly cool down)

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
ab‧bàt‧te‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/abˈbat.te.re/
Etymology

From Late Latin abbattere, from Latin battere.

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