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il abattit

knocked down, brought down, felled, killed

→ abattre
abatt to shoot, to kill + it 3rd-person singular simple past
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Rare #39,399
knocked down, brought down, felled Literary past-tense form; everyday French usually uses a different past tense.
FR: Il abattit un arbre.
EN: He cut down a tree.
killed Literary past-tense form; everyday French usually uses a different past tense.
FR: Le chasseur abattit un ours.
EN: The hunter killed a bear.
Conjugation of abattre
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third abattit —

La passerelle s'abattit.

The drawbridge came crashing down.

L'un des taureaux abattit la clôture.

One of the bulls knocked down the fence.

La pluie s'abattit.

The rain came down.

Le chasseur abattit un ours.

The hunter shot a bear.

L'arbre s'abattit.

The tree fell.

Il abattit l'arbre pour le plaisir.

He cut down the tree for fun.

Un silence absolu s’abattit sur la salle.

Absolute silence fell over the room.

Une épidémie s'abattit sur la ville.

An epidemic struck the city.