slaughter

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UK /ˈslɔːtə/ US /ˈslɔtɚ/

noun 5verb 3name 3

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

indiscriminate, mass, wholesale

The government condemned the mass slaughter of endangered animals by poachers.

senseless, terrible | ritual

VERB + SLAUGHTER

prevent, stop

The government acted quickly to prevent further slaughter of endangered animals in the region.

SLAUGHTER + NOUN

house (also slaughterhouse)

PREP

for ~

The farm sent hundreds of chickens for slaughter every week.

(verb.) kill an animal

ADV

humanely

The local farm aims to humanely slaughter its livestock according to strict ethical standards.

ritually

illegally

Thousands of dolphins are illegally slaughtered each year in some countries despite international protection laws.

PREP

for

Cattle are slaughtered for meat and leather at the factory outside town.

(verb.) kill a large number of people

ADV

brutally, cruelly

Thousands of animals are brutally slaughtered in factories every day.

Definitions

noun

The killing of animals, generally for food.

A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.

1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book VI, 1773, The First Six Books of Milton's Paradise Lost, Edinburgh, page 416, For ſin, on war and mutual ſlaughter bent.

[…] I ſee Th’ Inſulting Tyrant prancing o’er the Field Strow’d with Rome’s Citizens, and drench’d in Slaughter, His Horſe’s Hoofs wet with Patrician Blood.

A mass destruction of non-living things.

There was a massive slaughter of W.R. steam power at the conclusion of the summer timetable. In all, 169 locomotives were condemned.

A rout or decisive defeat.

A group of iguanas.

verb

To butcher animals, generally for food.

To massacre people in large numbers.

Hurriedly he snatched up others, one or two at a time, until he had slaughtered thirty of Hrothgar's doughtiest earls.

To kill someone or something, especially in a particularly brutal manner.

Therefore cheere vp your mindes, prepare to fight, He that can take or ſlaughter Tamburlaine, Shall rule the Prouince of Albania.

name

A surname.

A town in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, from the surname.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the savage and excessive killing of many people

noun — a sound defeat

verb — kill a large number of people indiscriminately

massacre

verb — kill (animals) usually for food consumption

butcher

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book VI, 1773, The First Six Books of Milton's Paradise Lost, Edinburgh, page 416, For ſin, on war and mutual ſlaughter bent.

Wiktionary

[…] I ſee Th’ Inſulting Tyrant prancing o’er the Field Strow’d with Rome’s Citizens, and drench’d in Slaughter, His Horſe’s Hoofs wet with Patrician Blood.

Wiktionary

There was a massive slaughter of W.R. steam power at the conclusion of the summer timetable. In all, 169 locomotives were condemned.

Wiktionary

Hurriedly he snatched up others, one or two at a time, until he had slaughtered thirty of Hrothgar's doughtiest earls.

Wiktionary

Therefore cheere vp your mindes, prepare to fight, He that can take or ſlaughter Tamburlaine, Shall rule the Prouince of Albania.

Wiktionary

The slaughter of the prisoners was a barbarous act.

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