Slaughter
21slaughter — slaugh|ter1 [ slɔtər ] noun uncount * the violent killing of a large number of people: War always involves the slaughter of innocent civilians. a. the killing of animals, usually for their meat: The cattle were being sent to slaughter. slaughter… …
22slaughter — 1. verb 1) the animals were slaughtered Syn: kill, butcher 2) innocent civilians are being slaughtered Syn: massacre, murder, butcher, kill (off), annihilate, exterminate, liquidate, eliminate, destroy …
23slaughter — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse slātra to slaughter; akin to Old English sleaht slaughter, slēan to slay more at slay Date: 14th century 1. the act of killing; specifically the butchering of livestock… …
24slaughter — n. indiscriminate, mass, wanton, wholesale slaughter * * * [ slɔːtə] mass wanton wholesale slaughter indiscriminate …
25slaughter — 1. noun /ˈslɔːtə,ˈslɔtɝ,ˈslɑtɝ/ a) The killing of animals, generally for food; ritual slaughter (kosher and halal) b) A massacre; the killing of a large number of people 2. verb …
26slaughter — [13] Slaughter was borrowed from Old Norse *slahtr, which went back to the same prehistoric Germanic base (*slakh ‘strike’) that produced English slay. Old English appears to have had its own version of the word, *slæht, which survived into the… …
27slaughter — n British a place where stolen goods are hidden and/or shared out. This example of the jargon of cat burglars was recorded in FHM magazine in April 1996. It proba bly originated in underworld argot as slaughterhouse or slaughter yard , but the… …
28slaughter — 1. verb 1) the cattle were slaughtered Syn: kill, butcher, cull, put down 2) civilians are being slaughtered Syn: massacre, murder, butcher, kill, exterminate, wipe out, put t …
29slaughter — [ˈslɔːtə] noun [U] I 1) the violent killing of a large number of people 2) the killing of animals, usually for their meat II verb [T] slaughter [ˈslɔːtə] 1) to kill a large number of people in a violent way 2) to kill animals, usually for their… …
30slaughter — /ˈslɔtə / (say slawtuh) noun 1. the killing or butchering of cattle, sheep, etc., especially for food. 2. the brutal or violent killing of a person. 3. the killing by violence of great numbers of persons; carnage; massacre. –verb (t) 4. to kill… …
