SINCE 1828
écrasez l'infâme
French quotation from Voltaire
écra·sez l'in·fâme
| \ ā-krä-zā-laⁿ-fäm
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Definition of écrasez l'infâme
: crush the loathsome thing
—referring to the Roman Catholic Church
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