What does hacher in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word hacher in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use hacher in French.

The word hacher in French means chop, ravage, devastate, ruin, break up, make mincemeat of, roughen, chop finely, tear to shreds. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word hacher

chop

verbe transitif (découper grossièrement)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Il faut hacher du bifteck pour faire de la bolognaise.
You have to mince steak to make bolognese.

ravage, devastate, ruin

verbe transitif (ravager)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
La grêle a haché menu les plantations.
The hail ravaged the plantations.

break up

verbe transitif (détacher les syllabes)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
On le reconnaît à la façon qu'il a de hacher les mots.
He has a distinctive way of breaking up words.

make mincemeat of

verbe transitif (soutenu (mettre en pièces) (figurative)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Le feu croisé de ces deux mitrailleuses a haché le régiment ennemi.
The crossfire between the two machine guns made mincemeat of the enemy regiment.

roughen

verbe transitif (griffer avec un couteau)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Il vaut mieux hacher le support avant d'appliquer la colle.
It is best to roughen the substrate before applying the glue.

chop finely

locution verbale (couper très fin)

tear to shreds

locution verbale (figuré (extrêmement critiquer)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Le gouvernement a mis un jeunot comme porte-parole et il s'est fait hacher menu à sa première conférence de presse.

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