praecido

Meaning

1. (conjugation-3) to cut off in front or through; shorten; sever, separate
2. (conjugation-3) to beat to pieces, batter, smash
3. (conjugation-3) to cut off or across, avoid, sail straight
4. (conjugation-3) to cut short, abridge; to be brief; break off or finish abruptly
5. (conjugation-3) to break off, cut off, end, destroy
6. (conjugation-3) to deny flatly, refuse, decline

Concepts

lop

mutilate

cut short

Pronounced as (IPA)

[prae̯ˈkiː.doː]

Etymology

From prae- + caedō (“cut; strike”).