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| slaugh·ter [ sláwtər ] |
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1. killing of people: the brutal killing of a person or large numbers of people
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2. killing of animals: the killing of animals for their meat
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3. major defeat: an overwhelming defeat
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slang
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transitive verb (past and past participle slaugh·tered, present participle slaugh·ter·ing, 3rd person present singular slaugh·ters) |
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1. kill people brutally: to kill a person or large numbers of people brutally
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2. kill animal for meat: to kill an animal or animals, usually for their meat
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3. defeat somebody convincingly: to defeat a person or a group of people overwhelmingly
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slang
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| [13th century. < Old Norse slátr "meat, butchery"] |
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  slaugh·ter·er noun |
| slaugh·ter·ous adjective |
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