Synonyms for hatcheted
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : hach-it |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhætʃ ɪt |
Définition of hatcheted
Origin :- c.1300 "small ax" (mid-12c. in surnames), from Old French hachete, diminutive of hache "ax, battle-axe, pickaxe," possibly from Frankish *happja or some other Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *hæbijo (cf. Old High German happa "sickle, scythe"), from PIE root *kop- "to beat, strike" (cf. Greek kopis "knife;" Lithuanian kaplys "hatchet," kapoti "cut small;" Old Church Slavonic skopiti "castrate").
- In Middle English, hatch itself was used in a sense "battle-axe." In 14c., hang up (one's) hatchet meant "stop what one is doing." Phrase bury the hatchet (1794) is from a supposed Native American peacemaking custom. Hatchet-man was originally California slang for "hired Chinese assassin" (1880), later extended figuratively to journalists who attacked the reputation of a public figure (1944).
- As in ax : verb dismiss
- These poor defenceless Creatures were immediately fired upon, stabbed, and hatcheted to Death!
- Extract from : « Benjamin Franklin » by Frank Luther Mott
- These poor defenceless creatures were immediately fired upon, stabbed, and hatcheted to death!
- Extract from : « Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] » by Benjamin Franklin
- What could children of a year old, babes at the breast, what could they do, that they too must be shot and hatcheted?
- Extract from : « Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] » by Benjamin Franklin
Antonyms for hatcheted
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