slaughter
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
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slaughter
/ˈslɑːtɚ/
verb
slaughters;
slaughtered;
slaughtering
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slaughter
/ˈslɑːtɚ/
verb
slaughters;
slaughtered;
slaughtering
Britannica Dictionary definition of SLAUGHTER
[+ object]
1
:
to kill (an animal) for food
2
:
to kill (many people) in a very violent way
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Hundreds of people were slaughtered [=massacred] by the invaders.
3
informal
:
to defeat (someone or something) easily or completely
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Our team got slaughtered yesterday.
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They slaughtered us.
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slaughter
/ˈslɑːtɚ/
noun
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slaughter
/ˈslɑːtɚ/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of SLAUGHTER
[noncount]
1
:
the act of killing animals for their meat
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Thousands of cows are sent to (the) slaughter every day.
2
:
the violent killing of a large number of people
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see also manslaughter
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the slaughter of innocent people
