Definition: to pull, knock, cut down; slaughter; weaken, drain of energy
Abattez deux murs et tous les arbres - Knock down two walls and cut down all of the trees.
Cette fièvre m'a vraiment abattu - This fever has really taken it out of me.
La chaleur peut t'abattre - The heat can really drain you.
Related: abattage - slaughtering, felling; abattement - dejection, despondency; un abattoir - slaughterhouse; abattu (adj) - worn out, exhausted
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Pronunciation: [a batr]
