pepper

vt.
1. sprinkle with pepper,pelt with shot,finish,make an end of 撒胡椒粉，开枪（开炮）连击，消灭，结果。
△1H.IV.5.3. 36(35): “I have led my ragamuffins where theyare peppered；”(Falstaff has led his soldiers into heav-y fire in order to have them killed and then pocketthe pay of the slain—a common abuse among Eliza-bethan captains.) 我把我那一帮破烂叫花子带到炮火最猛烈的阵地上，全消灭了。
2. make it hot for,punish decisively,make an end of,i.e.slay 使…不好过，狠狠惩罚，结果，（即）杀死。
△1H.IV.2.4.215(191): “Nay,that’s past praying for,I havepeppered two of them.”不，祷告也不济事了，我已经结果了他们当中的两个。