Pull down, kill, beat - Abattre (The 2316th Most Common French Word)

The French word for Pull down, kill, beat is Abattre. It can be used as verb. This word often comes up when talking about sickness & injuries, being & changes, law. It is the 2316th most commonly used word in French, classified as a B1 word. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to how the word is pronounced by clicking on the speaker icon. Download our app to practice the 3000 most common French words, including this one, with over 60,000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: pull down, kill, beat

French: abattre

Examples


He declares that he will kill all of those savages.	Il croit abattre tous les assassins.
Each member of the gang is declared an outlaw whom anyone can kill or wound to put out of action.	Ces bandits sont déclarés hors-la-loi et chacun peut les abattre.
Or it could be your competition that is sometimes trying to kill you.	Ou peut-être vos concurrents qui parfois essayent de vous abattre.
Hemmed in, they kill a man and take hostage a woman.	Cernés, ils abattent un homme et prennent en otage une femme.
Some witnesses said that prisoners were killed by German paratroopers (apparently SS) using them as a shield to take prisoner one by one the Rangers.	Certains témoins raconte que des prisonniers furent abattu par des parachutistes allemands (apparemment SS) en se servant d'eux comme bouclier afin de faire prisonnier un à un les poches de résistance des Rangers.
Beatrice is so distressed; everyone quite stunned.	Béatrice était si affligée, tout le monde si abattu.
There, Syrian troops killed eighteen Hezbollah militants.	Là, les troupes syriennes abattirent dix-huit militants du Hezbollah.
The young communist worker Vincent Voulant was killed by the mafia clan Guerini.	Le jeune ouvrier communiste Vincent Voulant est abattu par des mafieux du clan Guérini.

If you will kill him in Wasseypur then there is no problem.	Il faut l'abattre dans Wasseypur.
That will be a good place to kill her.	L'endroit parfait pour l'abattre.
He wants to kill me.	Ils vont me tuer.
You can't kill me.	Vous ne pouvez pas me tuer.
My wife's going to kill me.	Ma femme va me tuer.
You can't kill someone that's already dead.	On ne peut pas tuer quelqu'un qui est déjà mort.
I could kill him.	Je pourrais te tuer.
I could kill them.	Je pourrais les tuer.
You can't kill both of us.	Tu ne peux pas nous tuer tous les deux.
My brother's going to kill me.	Mon frère va me tuer.
He was killed by my hand.	Il a été tué par ma main.
You're not a killer and neither am I.	Tu n'es pas un tueur et moi non plus.
He was killed in the accident.	Il a été tué dans l'accident.