dépecer
Meanings
Verb
1. to chop up, dismember (transitive, said of flesh or meat)
2. to take apart (transitive, said of a physical things e.g. vessels)
3. to divide up (put into parts) (transitive, figuratively)
4. to pick apart (examine in great detail) (transitive, figuratively)
5. to tear apart (criticise severely) (transitive, figuratively)
Examples6
Il commença à dépecer l'animal.
He began skinning the animal.
Elle l'a dépecée.
She skinned it.
Le pauvre chien fut littéralement dépecé par le lion.
The poor dog was literally torn apart by the lion.
Le boucher dépeça la carcasse du veau.
The butcher cut up the calf's carcass.
Je peux te dépecer à mains nues.
I can rip you apart with my bare hands.
Je pourrais te dépecer à mains nues.
I could rip you apart with my bare hands.