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Pronunciation : Slaugh"ter
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. slautir, slaughter, slaghter, Icel. slatr 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.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Slaugh"ter
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Slaughtered; p. pr. & vb. n. Slaughtering.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913