Ils paniquèrent quand l’un des étudiants utilisa son téléphone mobile et ils abattirent alors leurs otages.
They panicked when one student used his mobile phone and then they shot the hostages.
Plus tard, durant la guerre froide, certains pans du rideau de fer s’abattirent sur le Danube.
Later, during the Cold War, parts of the Iron Curtain fell along the Danube.
En deux mois, Cornelius et ses 200 hommes abattirent, brûlèrent la végétation environnante et creusèrent pour révéler le monument.
In two months, Cornelius and his 200 men cut down trees, burned down vegetation and dug away the earth to reveal the monument.
L’hiver arriva, et les vents violents et la pluie s’abattirent sur les minuscules abris, qui furent finalement emportés par une inondation.
Winter came, and the winds and the rain came down on the tiny shelters, which were finally swept away by a flood.
Pendant deux mois, Cornelius et ses 200 hommes abattirent des arbres, firent brûler la végétation et creusèrent dans le sol, mettant au jour le monument.
In two months, Cornelius and his 200 men cut down trees, burned down vegetation and dug away the earth to reveal the monument.
Au bout de sept jours, les eaux du déluge s’abattirent sur la terre.
And after the seven days the floodwaters came on the earth.
Les critiques s’abattirent sur lui : Pourquoi acheter un excavateur, un tracteur, un bulldozer ou une benne à ordures ?
Criticism rained down on him: Why purchase an excavator, a tractor, a bulldozer or a dumpster? people asked.
À la fin, des impôts plus lourds, des privations, et des épreuves s’abattirent sur le pays, comme prix à payer - et c’était en vérité un tribut de plus à Sion.
At the end higher taxation, deprivation and hardship fell on the land, as the price, and this was in truth further tribute to Zion.
Les mitrailleuses abattirent vague après vague de soldats ennemis.
The machine guns brought down wave after wave of enemy soldiers.
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