Slaughter - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈslɔːtər|  American pronunciation of the word slaughter
Brit.  |ˈslɔːtə|  British pronunciation of the word slaughter

noun

- the killing of animals (as for food)
- a sound defeat (syn: debacle, drubbing, thrashing, walloping, whipping)
- the savage and excessive killing of many people (syn: butchery, carnage, massacre)

verb

- kill (animals) usually for food consumption (syn: butcher)
They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter
- kill a large number of people indiscriminately (syn: massacre, mow down)

Extra examples

...all civilized nations should protest this senseless slaughter...

Hundreds of innocent civilians had been slaughtered by government troops.

We got slaughtered, 110 - 54.

They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter

They participated in the indiscriminate slaughter of countless innocent victims.

...modern poultry farms slaughter a vast number of chickens every day...

To protect the food supply, the government ordered the slaughter of affected cattle.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: slaughter
he/she/it: slaughters
present participle: slaughtering
past tense: slaughtered
past participle: slaughtered
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