trucider

French

FWOTD – 8 November 2021

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin trucīdāre (to slice the throat, to massacre).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁy.si.de/
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Verb

trucider

  1. (informal) to kill, slay, murder
    Synonyms: buter, descendre, occire, refroidir, saigner, zigouiller
    Il a trucidé une douzaine de personnes dans le village avant de retourner l’arme contre lui-même.
    He killed a dozen people in the village before turning the weapon against himself.
    • 2008, Chrystine Brouillet, Silence de mort, page 190:
      — C’est peut-être Antoine qui s’en est chargé ? Qui l’a fait trucider ?
      "Perhaps it was Antoine who took care of him – got him killed?"

Conjugation

Further reading

Latin

Verb

trucīder

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of trucīdō
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