scannare

Meaning

  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

Translations

Etymology

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

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