slaughter
IPA: sɫˈɔtɝ
noun
- (uncountable) The killing of animals, generally for food.
- A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.
- (rare) A mass destruction of non-living things.
- A rout or decisive defeat.
- A group of iguanas.
- A surname.
- A town in Louisiana.
verb
- (transitive) To butcher animals, generally for food.
- (transitive, intransitive) To massacre people in large numbers.
- (transitive) To kill someone or something, especially in a particularly brutal manner.
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Examples of "slaughter" in Sentences
- They avenged the slaughter of thy people.
- He went willingly to the slaughter house.
- The bulls are slaughtered and the meat sold.
- The din of slaughters was heard in the hall.
- The army attacks and slaughters the villagers.
- The sad are slaughtered the world grows merry.
- The sixth day was marked as a prodigious slaughter.
- The attacking group slaughtered the people on the bluff.
- Celibacy is respected and the slaughter of animals is forbidden.
- It's not as if the photos are showing the gruesome slaughter of the animal.