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

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

   To slaughter is to kill many men or animals.