slaughter

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈslɔːtə/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈslɔtɝ/

• Audio (UK)

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• Hyphenation: slaugh‧ter

Noun

Singular slaughter

Plural none

1. (uncountable) The killing of animals is slaughter.

   We kill cows in a slaughter-house.

2. (uncountable) The mass killing of men is slaughter.

   The end of a battle is often a slaughter of men.

Verb

Plain form slaughter

Third-person singular slaughters

Past tense slaughtered

Past participle slaughtered

Present participle slaughtering

People slaughtering chickens.

1. (transitive) To slaughter is to kill many.

   To slaughter is to kill many men or animals.