pourfendre

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From pour- +‎ fendre.

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  • IPA(key): /puʁ.fɑ̃dʁ/
  • (file)

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pourfendre

  1. (transitive, literary) to slice through, slay (with a sword)
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to lay into, shoot down, attack, slate (criticize strongly)
    • 2020 May 18, “Brésil : la dangereuse fuite en avant de Bolsonaro”, in Le Monde[1]:
      Quand son ministre des affaires étrangères, Ernesto Araujo, pourfend le « comunavirus », affirmant que la pandémie est le résultat d’un complot communiste.
      When his Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ernesto Araujo, attacks the "comunavirus", claiming that the pandemic is the result of a communist plot.

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