What does slaughter mean?
Definitions for slaughter
ˈslɔ tərslaugh·ter
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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).
Etymology: (cognate with slatr) from germanic sluHtís.
slaughternoun
A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.
Etymology: (cognate with slatr) from germanic sluHtís.
slaughternoun
A rout or decisive defeat.
Etymology: (cognate with slatr) from germanic sluHtís.
slaughterverb
To butcher animals, generally for food
Etymology: (cognate with slatr) from germanic sluHtís.
slaughterverb
To massacre people in large numbers
Etymology: (cognate with slatr) from germanic sluHtís.
slaughterverb
To kill in a particularly brutal manner
Etymology: (cognate with slatr) from germanic sluHtís.
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
Freebase
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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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
Anytime you pursue a young man, go jump in a truck with shotguns and a pistol... and you follow him and slaughter him like that, that's lynching.
Dela Rosa should be reminded that he, too, will answer for his complicity in the slaughter of thousands.
In the arts of life man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he outdoes Nature herself, and produces by chemistry and machinery all the slaughter of plague, pestilence, and famine.
Colonial system, public debts, heavy taxes, protection, commercial wars, etc., these offshoots of the period of manufacture swell to gigantic proportions during the period of infancy of large-scale industry. The birth of the latter is celebrated by a vast, Hero-like slaughter of the innocents.
This allows trainers who are willing to train large quantities of horses a business opportunity. Several trainers have already stepped up committing to some of these horses, horses can also be sold to sanctuaries, become ranch stock horses, packing horses, or to buyers that may send them to slaughter.
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