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The Meaning of slaughter
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(v. t.) The act of killing.
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(v. t.) The extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage.
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(v. t.) The act of killing cattle or other beasts for market.
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(v. t.) To visit with great destruction of life; to kill; to slay in battle.
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(v. t.) To butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts.
Synonyms
thrashing
,
walloping
,
debacle
,
drubbing
,
trouncing
,
whipping
,
massacre
,
mass murder
,
carnage
,
butchery
,
butcher
,
massacre
,
mow down
Rhymes
backwater
,
blotter
,
boughter
,
breakwater
,
bridgewater
,
clearwater
,
coldwater
,
cottar
,
cotter
,
daughter
,
deepwater
,
dotter
,
drinkwater
,
floodwater
,
freshwater
,
goldwater
,
granddaughter
,
headwater
,
hotter
,
imprimatur
,
jotter
,
knotter
,
kotter
,
lawter
,
lotter
,
mahtar
,
manslaughter
,
mater
,
mccotter
,
meltwater
,
otter
,
piotter
,
plotter
,
potter
,
rainwater
,
rotter
,
saltwater
,
sautter
,
schlotter
,
scoter
,
seawater
,
spotter
,
squatter
,
stepdaughter
,
stillwater
,
straughter
,
sweetwater
,
tidewater
,
totter
,
trotter
,
underwater
,
vawter
,
wastewater
,
water
,
yachter
,
zotter