(~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
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Slaughter is also a noun.
...a war where the ~ of civilians was commonplace...
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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
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Slaughter is also a noun.
More than 491,000 sheep were exported to the Continent for ~ last year.
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