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Webster 1913 Edition


Reprimer

Re-prim′er

(r?-pr?m′?r)
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Noun.
(Firearms)
A machine or implement for applying fresh primers to spent cartridge shells, so that the shells be used again.

Definition 2024


réprimer

réprimer

See also: reprimer

French

Verb

réprimer

  1. (transitive) to suppress, quell (stop the spread of something considered bad or wrong)
  2. (transitive) to repress, stifle (prevent the growth of)
  3. (transitive) to repress, muffle (prevent someone speaking out)
  4. (transitive) to hold back, to stunt (make someone refrain from doing something)
  5. (transitive) to cut down, subdue (reduce the level of, e.g. crime)

Conjugation