slaughter

See also: Slaughter

English

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Etymology

From Old Norse slátr, from Proto-Germanic *slahtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *slak- (“to hit, strike, throw”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈslɔːtə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈslɔtɚ/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈslɑtɚ/
  • Hyphenation: slaugh‧ter
  • Rhymes: -ɔːtə(ɹ)

Noun

slaughter (countable and uncountable, plural slaughters)

  1. (uncountable) The killing of animals, generally for food; ritual slaughter (kosher and halal).
  2. A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.
    • Milton
      on war and mutual slaughter bent
  3. A rout or decisive defeat.

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Verb

slaughter (third-person singular simple present slaughters, present participle slaughtering, simple past and past participle slaughtered)

  1. (transitive) To butcher animals, generally for food
  2. (transitive) To massacre people in large numbers
  3. (transitive) To kill in a particularly brutal manner

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