Definitions for slaughter
ˈslɔ tərslaugh·ter

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. slaughter(noun)

   the killing of animals (as for food)

2. thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping(noun)

   a sound defeat

3. slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery(verb)

   the savage and excessive killing of many people

4. butcher, slaughter(verb)

   kill (animals) usually for food consumption

   "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"

5. massacre, slaughter, mow down(verb)

   kill a large number of people indiscriminately

   "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. slaughter(Noun)

   The killing of animals, generally for food; ritual slaughter (kosher and halal).

   Etymology: (cognate with slatr) from germanic sluHtís.

2. slaughter(Noun)

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

   Etymology: (cognate with slatr) from germanic sluHtís.

3. slaughter(Noun)

   A rout or decisive defeat.

   Etymology: (cognate with slatr) from germanic sluHtís.

4. slaughter(Verb)

   To butcher animals, generally for food

   Etymology: (cognate with slatr) from germanic sluHtís.

5. slaughter(Verb)

   To massacre people in large numbers

   Etymology: (cognate with slatr) from germanic sluHtís.

6. slaughter(Verb)

   To kill in a particularly brutal manner

   Etymology: (cognate with slatr) from germanic sluHtís.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Slaughter(verb)

   the act of killing

2. Slaughter(verb)

   the extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage

3. Slaughter(verb)

   the act of killing cattle or other beasts for market

4. Slaughter(verb)

   to visit with great destruction of life; to kill; to slay in battle

5. Slaughter(verb)

   to butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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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1. slaughter

   Song lyrics by slaughter -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by slaughter on the Lyrics.com website.

Anagrams for slaughter »

1. laughters, lethargus

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of slaughter in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of slaughter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of slaughter in a Sentence

1. Tacitus:

   To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.

2. Lindsay Graham:

   I hope President Trumps right, i hope we can turn the fight against ISIS over to Turkey. I hope that Turkey, when they go into Syria, they wont slaughter The Kurds... If [ Trump ] follows through with this, itd be the biggest mistake of his presidency.

3. Liam Fitzsimmons:

   To have met Louise Slaughter is to have known a force of nature, it is difficult to find a segment of society that Louise didn’t help shape over the course of more than thirty years in Congress, from health care to genetic nondiscrimination to historic ethics reforms.

4. White House:

   I can think of no better description than to call ICE a terrorist organization. the 9/11 terrorists responsible for the slaughter of 3,000 innocent people were foreign nationals on visas who committed immigration fraud and who should have been deported.

5. Carlos Conde:

   Dela Rosa should be reminded that he, too, will answer for his complicity in the slaughter of thousands.

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