"pourfendre" meaning in French

See pourfendre in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /puʁ.fɑ̃dʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-pourfendre.wav
Etymology: From pour- + fendre. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|pour-|fendre}} pour- + fendre Head templates: {{fr-verb}} pourfendre Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], pourfendre [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], pourfendant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], pourfendu [participle, past], pourfends [first-person, indicative, present, singular], pourfends [indicative, present, second-person, singular], pourfend [indicative, present, singular, third-person], pourfendons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], pourfendez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], pourfendent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], pourfendais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], pourfendais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], pourfendait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], pourfendions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], pourfendiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], pourfendaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], pourfendis [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], pourfendis [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], pourfendit [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], pourfendîmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], pourfendîtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], pourfendirent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], pourfendrai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], pourfendras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], pourfendra [future, indicative, singular, third-person], pourfendrons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], pourfendrez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], pourfendront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], pourfendrais [conditional, first-person, singular], pourfendrais [conditional, second-person, singular], pourfendrait [conditional, singular, third-person], pourfendrions [conditional, first-person, plural], pourfendriez [conditional, plural, second-person], pourfendraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], pourfende [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], pourfendes [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], pourfende [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], pourfendions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], pourfendiez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], pourfendent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], pourfendisse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], pourfendisses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], pourfendît [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], pourfendissions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], pourfendissiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], pourfendissent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], pourfends [imperative, second-person, singular], pourfendons [first-person, imperative, plural], pourfendez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. (transitive, literary) to slice through, slay (with a sword) Tags: literary, transitive
    Sense id: en-pourfendre-fr-verb-e5x2LewQ
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to lay into, shoot down, attack, slate (criticize strongly) Tags: figuratively, transitive Categories (topical): Violence
    Sense id: en-pourfendre-fr-verb-90FuPt8b Disambiguation of Violence: 25 75 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms prefixed with pour-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of French terms prefixed with pour-: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pourfendeur

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pourfendeur"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "pour-",
        "3": "fendre"
      },
      "expansion": "pour- + fendre",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From pour- + fendre.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fr-conj-auto",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendant",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.dɑ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayant + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "multiword-construction",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendu",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.dy/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfends",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfends",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfend",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendons",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.dɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendez",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.de/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendent",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃d/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendais",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.dɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendais",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.dɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendait",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.dɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendions",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.djɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendiez",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.dje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendaient",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.dɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendis",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.di/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendis",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.di/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendit",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.di/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendîmes",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.dim/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendîtes",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.dit/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendirent",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.diʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendrai",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.dʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendras",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.dʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendra",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.dʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendrons",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendrez",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.dʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendront",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendrais",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.dʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendrais",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.dʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendrait",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.dʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendrions",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendriez",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.dʁi.je/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendraient",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.dʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "anterior",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "future of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conditional of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfende",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃d/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendes",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃d/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfende",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃d/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendions",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.djɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendiez",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.dje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendent",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃d/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendisse",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.dis/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendisses",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.dis/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendît",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.di/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendissions",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendissiez",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.di.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendissent",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.dis/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfends",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendons",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.dɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pourfendez",
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.de/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "pourfendre",
      "name": "fr-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "fr-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to slice through, slay (with a sword)"
      ],
      "id": "en-pourfendre-fr-verb-e5x2LewQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "slice",
          "slice"
        ],
        [
          "slay",
          "slay"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, literary) to slice through, slay (with a sword)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French terms prefixed with pour-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 68",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 75",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Violence",
          "orig": "fr:Violence",
          "parents": [
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "When his Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ernesto Araujo, attacks the \"comunavirus\", claiming that the pandemic is the result of a communist plot.",
          "ref": "2020 May 18, “Brésil : la dangereuse fuite en avant de Bolsonaro”, in Le Monde:",
          "text": "Quand son ministre des affaires étrangères, Ernesto Araujo, pourfend le « comunavirus », affirmant que la pandémie est le résultat d’un complot communiste.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to lay into, shoot down, attack, slate (criticize strongly)"
      ],
      "id": "en-pourfendre-fr-verb-90FuPt8b",
      "links": [
        [
          "lay into",
          "lay into"
        ],
        [
          "shoot down",
          "shoot down"
        ],
        [
          "attack",
          "attack"
        ],
        [
          "slate",
          "slate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, figuratively) to lay into, shoot down, attack, slate (criticize strongly)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃dʁ/"
    },
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      "form": "pourfendront",
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      "form": "pourfendriez",
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      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
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      "form": "pourfendissions",
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        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "pourfendissent",
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        "singular"
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        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃.de/",
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      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
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        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
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      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "French literary terms",
        "French transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to slice through, slay (with a sword)"
      ],
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        [
          "slice",
          "slice"
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        [
          "slay",
          "slay"
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        "(transitive, literary) to slice through, slay (with a sword)"
      ],
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      "categories": [
        "French terms with quotations",
        "French transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "When his Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ernesto Araujo, attacks the \"comunavirus\", claiming that the pandemic is the result of a communist plot.",
          "ref": "2020 May 18, “Brésil : la dangereuse fuite en avant de Bolsonaro”, in Le Monde:",
          "text": "Quand son ministre des affaires étrangères, Ernesto Araujo, pourfend le « comunavirus », affirmant que la pandémie est le résultat d’un complot communiste.",
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        }
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        "to lay into, shoot down, attack, slate (criticize strongly)"
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          "lay into",
          "lay into"
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        [
          "shoot down",
          "shoot down"
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        [
          "attack",
          "attack"
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          "slate",
          "slate"
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        "(transitive, figuratively) to lay into, shoot down, attack, slate (criticize strongly)"
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        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
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      "ipa": "/puʁ.fɑ̃dʁ/"
    },
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  ],
  "word": "pourfendre"
}

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