SLAUGHTER


Meaning of SLAUGHTER in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

1.

If large numbers of people or animals are ~ed, they are killed in a way that is cruel or unnecessary.

Thirty four people were ~ed while queuing up to cast their votes...

VERB: usu passive, be V-ed

Slaughter is also a noun.

...a war where the ~ of civilians was commonplace...

N-UNCOUNT

2.

To ~ animals such as cows and sheep means to kill them for their meat.

Lack of chicken feed means that chicken farms are having to ~ their stock.

VERB: V n

Slaughter is also a noun.

More than 491,000 sheep were exported to the Continent for ~ last year.

N-UNCOUNT

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