{"def":{"short":"to butcher (especially an animal for food or in sacrifice) or (generally) to slaughter, or (specially), to maim (violently)","long":["to slay, slaughter, butcher","to put to death by violence","mortally wounded"]},"deriv":"a primary verb","pronun":{"ipa":"ˈsfɑ.zo","ipa_mod":"ˈsfɑ.zow","sbl":"sphazō","dic":"SFA-zoh","dic_mod":"SFA-zoh"}}