slaughter
11slaughter — n *massacre, butchery, carnage, pogrom …
12slaughter — ► NOUN 1) the killing of farm animals for food. 2) the killing of a large number of people in a cruel or violent way. 3) informal a thorough defeat. ► VERB 1) kill (animals) for food. 2) kill (people) in a cruel or violent way. 3) …
13slaughter — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ indiscriminate, mass, wholesale ▪ the indiscriminate slaughter of civilians ▪ brutal, senseless, terrible …
14slaughter — 01. The British government has had to [slaughter] millions of farm animals that are diseased. 02. We [slaughtered] the other team 14 to 1. 03. The United Nations is sending in peace keeping troops to stop the [slaughter] in the region. 04.… …
15slaughter — [[t]slɔ͟ːtə(r)[/t]] slaughters, slaughtering, slaughtered 1) VERB: usu passive If large numbers of people or animals are slaughtered, they are killed in a way that is cruel or unnecessary. [be V ed] Thirty four people were slaughtered while… …
16slaughter — {{11}}slaughter (n.) c.1300, killing of a cattle or sheep for food, killing of a person, from O.N. *slahtr, akin to slatr a butchering, butcher meat, slatra to slaughter, and slattr a mowing; related to sla to strike (see SLAY (Cf. slay)), from P …
17slaughter — slaughterer, n. slaughteringly, adv. /slaw teuhr/, n. 1. the killing or butchering of cattle, sheep, etc., esp. for food. 2. the brutal or violent killing of a person. 3. the killing of great numbers of people or animals indiscriminately; carnage …
18Slaughter — This interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and has three possible sources. Firstly, it may be an occupational name for a slaughterer of animals, deriving from the Middle English slahter , a development of the Olde English pre 7th Century… …
19slaughter — I UK [ˈslɔːtə(r)] / US [ˈslɔtər] noun [uncountable] * a) the violent killing of a large number of people War always involves the slaughter of innocent civilians. b) the killing of animals, usually for their meat The cattle were being sent for… …
20slaughter — slaugh|ter1 [ˈslo:tə US ˈslo:tər] v [T] 1.) to kill an animal, especially for its meat 2.) to kill a lot of people in a cruel or violent way = ↑butcher ▪ Hundreds of innocent civilians had been slaughtered by government troops. see usage note… …
