- slaughter
n. indiscriminate, mass, wanton, wholesale slaughter
* * *['slɔːtə]wantonwholesale slaughter
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Slaughter — may refer to:Animals* Animal slaughter, killing animals for food * Slaughterhouse, abattoirPeople* Anne Marie Slaughter, Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University * Enos Slaughter, Hall of Fame… … Wikipedia
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Slaughter — ist der Name folgender Bands: Slaughter (US amerikanische Band), US amerikanische Hard Rock Band Slaughter (kanadische Band), kanadische Death Metal Band Slaughter ist der Name folgender Personen: Anne Marie Slaughter (* 1958), US amerikanische… … Deutsch Wikipedia
slaughter — [slôt′ər] n. [ME slahter < ON slātr, lit., slain flesh, contr. < slattr, akin to OE sleaht, slaughter, death: for IE base see SLAY] 1. the killing of an animal or animals for food; butchering 2. the killing of a human being, esp. in a… … English World dictionary
Slaughter — Slaugh ter, n. [OE. slautir, slaughter, slaghter, Icel. sl[=a]tr slain flesh, modified by OE. slaught, slaht, slaughter, fr. AS. sleaht a stroke, blow; both from the root of E. slay. See {Slay}, v. t., and cf. {Onslaught}.] The act of killing.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Slaughter — Slaughter, LA U.S. village in Louisiana Population (2000): 1011 Housing Units (2000): 376 Land area (2000): 5.484612 sq. miles (14.205078 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.008698 sq. miles (0.022529 sq. km) Total area (2000): 5.493310 sq. miles… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Slaughter, LA — U.S. village in Louisiana Population (2000): 1011 Housing Units (2000): 376 Land area (2000): 5.484612 sq. miles (14.205078 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.008698 sq. miles (0.022529 sq. km) Total area (2000): 5.493310 sq. miles (14.227607 sq. km)… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
slaughter — [n] killing annihilation, bloodbath, bloodshed, butchery, carnage, destruction, extermination, liquidation, massacre, murder, slaying; concept 252 Ant. birth slaughter [v] kill butcher, crush, decimate, defeat, destroy, do in* exterminate, finish … New thesaurus
Slaughter — Slaugh ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slaughtered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slaughtering}.] 1. To visit with great destruction of life; to kill; to slay in battle. [1913 Webster] Your castle is surprised; your wife and babes Savagely slaughtered. Shak. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
slaughter — index aberemurder, dispatch (put to death), eliminate (eradicate), extinguish, homicide, kill ( … Law dictionary
slaughter — n *massacre, butchery, carnage, pogrom … New Dictionary of Synonyms
