pourfendre

(transitive, literary) to slice through, slay (with a sword)

Details

Syllables

pour-fen-dre

Phonetics

puʁ.fɑ̃dʁ

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

39704

Freq. (movies)

66046

Freq. (news)

51923

Sentences

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.