transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈslɔ:tə ]
n. & v. --n. 1 the killing of an animal or animals for food. 2 the killing of many persons or animals at once or continuously; carnage, massacre. --v.tr. 1 kill (people) in a ruthless manner or on a great scale. 2 kill for food, butcher. 3 colloq. defeat utterly. øøslaughterer n. slaughterous adj. [ME slahter ult. f. ON slÁtr butcher's meat, rel. to SLAY(1)]