sabrer
verb C2- to slash with a sabre · Les cavaliers sabrèrent les servants de cette batterie. The horsemen cut down the gunners of the artillery battery.· sabrer à droite et à gauche to slash left and right
- to remove large sections from a text while editing it, to axe · sabrer de longues tirades to axe the pointless monologues
- to open a bottle, usually champagne, with a slice from a sword · Ils ont sabré le champagne. They sabred the champagne.
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- sabrer
- Present participle
- sabrant
- Past participle
- sabré
- Present (je)
- sabre
- Future (je)
- sabrerai
- Passé composé (je)
- ai sabré
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Le brigadier s'avança vers lui le sabre au poing.
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