abbattere

== Italian == === Etymology === From Late Latin abbattere, from Latin battere. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /abˈbat.te.re/ Rhymes: -attere Hyphenation: ab‧bàt‧te‧re === Verb === abbàttere (first-person singular present abbàtto, first-person singular past historic abbattéi, past participle abbattùto, auxiliary avére) (transitive) to throw down; to knock down; to bring down; to fell Synonyms: buttare giù, atterrare, tagliare abbattere l'albero ― to fell the tree abbattere l'aereo ― to shoot down the airplane to demolish; to destroy Synonyms: atterrare, demolire, distruggere, smantellare, diroccare, scalzare, devastare abbattere l'edificio trabbalante ― to demolish the rickety building to topple; to overthrow Synonyms: rovesciare, destabilizzare abbattere il regime tirannico ― to overthrow the tyrannical regime to reduce dramatically; to cut; to slash abbattere i costi ― to cut prices to dismay; to demoralize; to discourage Synonyms: annientare, deprimere; see also Thesaurus:abbattere to kill; to put down Synonyms: uccidere, ammazzare, fare fuori, macellare abbattere il maiale ― to kill the pig to destroy (an argument, etc.); to refute; to rebut Synonyms: demolire, confutare (obsolete) to leave ajar Synonym: socchiudere (obsolete) to lower Synonym: abbassare (obsolete) to abolish Synonym: abolire (neologism) to blast chill (to quickly cool down) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== abbattersi abbattitore abbattitrice abbattuto ==== Related terms ==== battere === Further reading === abbattere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana abbattere in Treccani.it – Neologismi, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana