What does Slaughter mean?
Definitions for Slaughter
ˈslɔ tərslaugh·ter
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Slaughter.
Princeton's WordNet
slaughternoun
the killing of animals (as for food)
thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whippingnoun
a sound defeat
slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butcheryverb
the savage and excessive killing of many people
butcher, slaughterverb
kill (animals) usually for food consumption
"They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"
massacre, slaughter, mow downverb
kill a large number of people indiscriminately
"The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda"
Wiktionary
slaughternoun
The killing of animals, generally for food; ritual slaughter (kosher and halal).
slaughternoun
A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.
slaughternoun
A rout or decisive defeat.
slaughterverb
To butcher animals, generally for food
slaughterverb
To massacre people in large numbers
slaughterverb
To kill in a particularly brutal manner
Etymology: (cognate with slatr) from germanic sluHtís.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
SLAUGHTERnoun
Massacre; destruction by the sword.
Etymology: onslaugt , Saxon, from slægan, slegan , to strike or kill.
Sinful Macduff,
They were all struck for thee!
Not for their own demerits, but for mine,
Fell slaughter on their souls. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.On each hand slaughter and gigantick deeds. John Milton.
The pair you see,
Now friends below, in close embraces join;
But when they leave the shady realms of night,
With mortal heat each other shall pursue:
What wars, what wounds, what slaughter shall ensue? Dryd.To Slaughterverb
To massacre; to slay; to kill with the sword.
Etymology: from the noun.
Your castle is surpriz’d, your wife and babes
Savagely slaughter’d. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.
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slaughter
Slaughter refers to the act of killing animals, typically on a large scale, for food, as part of farming or hunting activities. It can also imply killing in a brutal or violent manner, often used in context of war, massacres, or painful events involving death or destruction. The term can be used both literally, in reference to actual physical death, or metaphorically, to represent defeat or destruction.
Webster Dictionary
Slaughterverb
the act of killing
Slaughterverb
the extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage
Slaughterverb
the act of killing cattle or other beasts for market
Slaughterverb
to visit with great destruction of life; to kill; to slay in battle
Slaughterverb
to butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts
Wikidata
Slaughter
Slaughter is an American hard rock band formed in Las Vegas, Nevada by lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist Mark Slaughter and bassist Dana Strum. The band reached stardom in 1990 with their first album Stick It to Ya, which spawned several hit singles including "Up All Night", "Spend My Life", "Mad About You" and "Fly to the Angels". The album reached double platinum status in the United States. The band remains a steady act in national tours, mainly in the Rock Never Stops Tour which features several bands of the same era. Slaughter formed in Las Vegas, Nevada, in late-1988, out of the ashes of lead vocalist Mark Slaughter and bassist Dana Strum's previous band, Vinnie Vincent Invasion. Vinnie Vincent Invasion's record company Chrysalis Records, took the $4 million contract away from Vinnie Vincent for overexceeding his credit line with the label, and transferred the contract to former members Slaughter and Strum. By 1989, Slaughter and Strum completed the lineup by recruiting lead guitarist Tim Kelly and drummer Blas Elias.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Slaughter
slaw′tėr, n. a killing: a great destruction of life: carnage: butchery.—ns. Slaugh′terer; Slaugh′terhouse, a place where beasts are killed for the market; Slaugh′terman, a man employed in killing or butchering animals.—adj. Slaugh′terous, given to slaughter: destructive: murderous.—adv. Slaugh′terously. [Prob. Ice. slátr, butchers' meat, whence slátra, to slaughter cattle. The A.S. is sleaht—sleán, to slay.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
slaughter
The extensive and unnecessary destruction of human life; carnage. Also, to visit with great destruction of life; to kill; to slay in battle.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
SLAUGHTER
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Slaughter is ranked #1295 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Slaughter surname appeared 27,155 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 9 would have the surname Slaughter.
57% or 15,492 total occurrences were White.
37% or 10,066 total occurrences were Black.
2.7% or 741 total occurrences were of two or more races.
2.3% or 641 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
0.4% or 117 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.3% or 100 total occurrences were Asian.
Anagrams for Slaughter »
laughters
lethargus
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Slaughter in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Slaughter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of Slaughter in a Sentence
Nearly 700,000 cows and bulls ... will starve to death or will be smuggled to slaughter houses. We have to save them.
The Tiananmen Mothers activist group:
By the same logic, shouldn't today's Chinese leaders bear responsibility for the series of crimes - manmade famine and slaughter - perpetrated in their own country by China's leaders at the time: Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping?
We are made weaker in the eyes of the world when we willingly participate in war crimes, when we allow our partners to engage in the slaughter of innocents.
I am so happy now, my whole village is happy now, we will hold a party on Sunday and anyone can come and join the party. We will slaughter some pigs for the party. My daughter particularly likes fried fish, so we will prepare that too.
We are coming to you, God willing, we are coming to you with slaughter.
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