sabrer

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French

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Etymology

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From sabre +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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sabrer

  1. (transitive) to slash with a sabre
    Les cavaliers sabrèrent les servants de cette batterie.
    The horsemen cut down the gunners of the artillery battery.
    sabrer à droite et à gaucheto slash left and right
  2. (figuratively) to remove large sections from a text while editing it, to axe
    sabrer de longues tiradesto axe the pointless monologues
  3. to open a bottle, usually champagne, with a slice from a sword
    Ils ont sabré le champagne.They sabred the champagne.

Conjugation

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French sabreur.

Noun

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sabrer m (plural sabreri)

  1. swordsman

Declension

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