Definition/Meaning of slaughter

• English - Noun: slaughter ( uncountable ) ( uncountable ) The killing of animals , generally for food; ritual slaughter (kosher and halal). A massacre; the killing of a large number of people . Milton on war and mutual slaughter bent A rout or decisive defeat . Derived terms kosher slaughter lamb to the slaughter/like a lamb to the slaughter/come like a lamb to the slaughter manslaughter ritual slaughter…
• English - Verb: slaughter ( third-person singular simple present slaughters , present participle slaughtering , simple past and past participle slaughtered ) ( transitive ) To butcher animals , generally for food ( transitive ) To massacre people in large numbers ( transitive ) To kill in a particularly brutal manner Translations
• English - Alternative forms: slaughtre ( obsolete )
• English - Etymology: From Old Norse slátr , from Proto-Germanic *slahtiz .
• English - Pronunciation: ( UK ) IPA (key) : /ˈslɔːtə/ Rhymes: -ɔːtə(ɹ) ( US ) IPA (key) : /ˈslɔtɝ/ ( cot – caught merger ) IPA (key) : /ˈslɑtɝ/