abbattimento

demolition; despondency

noun ahb-baht-tee-MEN-toh Rare

Usage Note

Abbattimento covers both a physical act — knocking down a wall or culling an animal (abbattimento di un albero = felling a tree) — and a psychological state of low spirits or dejection. The two senses are quite different; context makes the meaning clear. The related verb is abbattere (to knock down; to depress), and the reflexive abbattersi means to become despondent.

Examples

"Dopo la sconfitta sentiva un profondo abbattimento."

Natural Translation

After the defeat he felt a deep despondency.

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