scannare
Meaning
- (transitive) to cut the throat of, to butcher, to slaughter (an animal)
- (figuratively, transitive) to slaughter, to massacre
- (figuratively, transitive) to harass, to oppress through heavy taxes or high prices
- (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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