Other Definitions slaughter (enc)
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Slaughter| Noun | 1. | slaughter - the killing of animals (as for food) | | | 2. | slaughter - a sound defeat | | | 3. | slaughter - the savage and excessive killing of many peopleAlamo - the mission in San Antonio where in 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico | | | Verb | 1. | slaughter - kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"chine - cut through the backbone of an animal kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" | | | 2. | slaughter - kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda"kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" | |
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