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пала́ч — meaning in English

palach

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English meaning

  • butcher noun A person whose trade is preparing and selling meat.
  • executioner noun A person whose job is to carry out death sentences.
  • hangman noun A person whose job is to execute people by hanging.
  • slaughterer noun A butcher (as a profession or job).
  • torturer noun A person who tortures someone else.

Senses

пала́ч is used for these senses in English:

  • butcher (figurative) A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
  • executioner An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.
  • hangman (countable) An executioner responsible for hanging criminals.
  • slaughterer one who slaughters.
  • slaughterer A ritual slaughterer, kosher slaughterer, kosher butcher, shochet / shokhet.
  • torturer Someone who tortures.

butcher — full definition

  1. noun A person whose trade is preparing and selling meat.
  2. noun Someone who kills brutally or without mercy.
  3. verb To slaughter animals and cut up the meat for sale.
  4. verb To ruin or botch something badly.

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