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ALL meanings of slaughter

slaugh·ter
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  • noun slaughter Frank, 1908–2001, U.S. novelist and physician. 1
  • verb with object slaughter to kill or butcher (animals), especially for food. 1
  • verb with object slaughter to kill in a brutal or violent manner. 1
  • verb with object slaughter to slay in great numbers; massacre. 1
  • verb with object slaughter Informal. to defeat thoroughly; trounce: They slaughtered our team. 1
  • verb slaughter If large numbers of people or animals are slaughtered, they are killed in a way that is cruel or unnecessary. 0
  • verb slaughter Slaughter is also a noun. 0
  • verb slaughter To slaughter animals such as cows and sheep means to kill them for their meat. 0
  • noun slaughter the killing of animals, esp for food 0
  • noun slaughter the savage killing of a person 0
  • noun slaughter the indiscriminate or brutal killing of large numbers of people, as in war; massacre 0
  • noun slaughter a resounding defeat 0
  • verb slaughter to kill (animals), esp for food 0
  • verb slaughter to kill in a brutal manner 0
  • verb slaughter to kill indiscriminately or in large numbers 0
  • verb slaughter to defeat resoundingly 0
  • noun slaughter the killing of an animal or animals for food; butchering 0
  • noun slaughter the killing of a human being, esp. in a brutal manner 0
  • noun slaughter the killing of people in large numbers, as in battle 0
  • noun slaughter a complete defeat or victory 0
  • verb transitive slaughter to kill (an animal or animals) for food; butcher 0
  • verb transitive slaughter to kill (people), esp. brutally or in large numbers 0
  • verb transitive slaughter to conquer or defeat completely 0
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