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slaughter |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. Specifically: a The extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage. On war and mutual slaughter bent. --Milton. b The act of killing cattle or other beasts for market. Syn: Carnage; massacre; butchery; murder; havoc. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. Your castle is surprised; your wife and babes Savagely slaughtered. --Shak. 2. To butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: slaughter n 1: the killing of animals (as for food) 2: a sound defeat [syn: {thrashing}, {walloping}, {debacle}, {drubbing}, {trouncing}, {whipping}] 3: the savage and excessive killing of people [syn: {carnage}, {butchery}] v 1: kill; used of animals, but also used for people to indicate brutality [syn: {butcher}] 2: kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda" [syn: {massacre}, {mow down}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Slaughter, LA (town, FIPS 70770) Location: 30.71890 N, 91.14160 W Population (1990): 827 (300 housing units) Area: 14.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 70777
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