verb/puʁ.fɑ̃dʁ/
to slice through, slay (with a sword); to lay into, shoot down, attack, slate (criticize strongly)
“Quand son ministre des affaires étrangères, Ernesto Araujo, pourfend le « comunavirus », affirmant que la pandémie est le résultat d’un complot communiste.” — When his Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ernesto Araujo, attacks the "comunavirus", claiming that the pandemic is the result of a communist plot.
From pour- + fendre.