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Webster 1913 Edition

Slaughter

Slaugh′ter

Noun.

[OE.

slautir

slaughter

slaghter

, Icel.

slātr

slain flesh, modified by OE.

slaught

slaht

, slaughter, fr. AS.

sleaht

a stroke, blow; both from the root of E. slay. See

Slay

Verb.

, and cf.

Onslaught

The act of killing.

Specifically:

(a)

The extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage.

On war and mutual

slaughter

bent.

Milton.

(b)

The act of killing cattle or other beasts for market.

Syn. – Carnage; massacre; butchery; murder; havoc.

Slaugh′ter

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Slaughtered

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Slaughtering

To visit with great destruction of life; to kill; to slay in battle.

Your castle is surprised; your wife and babes
Savagely

slaughtered

Shakespeare

To butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts.

Webster 1828 Edition

Slaughter

SLAUGHTER

Noun.

slaw'ter [See Slay.]

In a general sense, a killing. Applied to men, slaughter usually denotes great destruction of life by violent means; as the slaughter of men in battle.

Applied to beasts, butchery; a killing of oxen or other beasts for market.

SLAUGHTER

Verb.

slaw'ter.

To kill; to slay; to make great destruction of life; as , to slaughter men in battle.

To butcher; to kill for the market; as beasts.

Definition 2024

Slaughter

See also: slaughter

English

Proper noun

Slaughter

A surname.
A town in Louisiana.

slaughter

See also: Slaughter

English

Alternative forms

slaughtre (obsolete)

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.

Hyponyms

Hyponyms of „slaughter“

kosher slaughter
manslaughter

ritual slaughter

Derived terms

Terms derived from slaughter

slaughter animal
slaughterer
slaughterhouse

Related terms

like a lamb to the slaughter

Translations

killing of animals (also kosher and halal rituals)

Arabic: تَقْتِيل m ‎(taqtīl), ذَبْح m ‎(ḏabḥ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 屠宰 (zh) ‎(túzǎi)
Dutch: slacht (nl) f
Finnish: teurastus (fi), lahti (fi)
French: abattage (fr) m
German: Schlachtung (de) f, rituelles Schlachten n, Schächten (de) n, Schächtung (de) f
Greek: σφαγή (el) f ‎(sfagí)
Hebrew: שְׁחִיטָה f ‎(shḥitá)
Hungarian: mészárlás (hu)
Italian: mattanza (it)
Japanese: 屠殺 (ja) ‎(tosatsu), 殺生 (ja) ‎(sesshō), 屠る (ja) ‎(hofuru)

Latin: nex (la)
Navajo: náʼáʼah
Persian: کشتار (fa) ‎(koštâr)
Polish: ubój m
Portuguese: matança (pt) f
Russian: убо́й (ru) m ‎(ubój) , инсуррекционизм m ‎(insurrekcionizm)
Serbo-Croatian: клање n ‎(klanje)
Spanish: sacrificio (es) m, faena (es) f, matanza (es) f
Swedish: slakt (sv)
Turkish: kesim (tr)
Volapük: pug (vo), (ritual) pug ritulik
Walloon: touwaedje (wa) m

killing of many people

Arabic: مَذْبَحَة f ‎(maḏbaḥa), تَقْتِيل m ‎(taqtīl)
Armenian: կոտորած (hy) ‎(kotorac)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 屠殺 (zh), 屠杀 (zh) ‎(túshā), 慘案 (zh), 惨案 (zh) ‎(cǎn'àn), 慘殺 (zh), 惨杀 (zh) ‎(cǎnshā), 殺戮 (zh), 杀戮 (zh) ‎(shālù)
Dutch: slachtpartij, bloedbad (nl) n, afslachting (nl) f
Finnish: teurastus (fi), joukkomurha (fi), verilöyly (fi)
French: carnage (fr) m
German: Schlachtung (de) f, Schlächterei f, Gemetzel (de) n, Metzelei (de) f
Greek: σφαγή (el) f ‎(sfagí)
Hebrew: טֶבַח (he) m ‎(tévaḥ)
Hungarian: mészárlás (hu)
Irish: ár m, eirleach m
Old Irish: ár m
Italian: mattanza (it), carneficina (it), massacro (it) m, massacro (it) m
Japanese: 殺人 (ja) ‎(satsujin), 虐殺 ‎(gyakusatsu), 惨殺 ‎(zansatsu), 殺戮 (ja) ‎(satsuriku)
Kurdish:
Sorani: سه‌ر بڕین ‎(sarbReen)

Latin: nex (la)
Macedonian: колеж m ‎(kolež)
Maori: hingahinga, parewhero, whakapiko, tārukenga, whārona awatea, parekura
Mongolian:
Persian: کشتار (fa) ‎(koštâr)
Polish: rzeź (pl) f, pogrom (pl) m, masakra (pl) f
Portuguese: carnificina (pt) f, matança (pt) f, massacre (pt) m
Romanian: măcel (ro)
Russian: резня́ (ru) f ‎(reznjá), ма́ссовое уби́йство n ‎(mássovoje ubíjstvo)
Scottish Gaelic: àr m
Serbo-Croatian: покољ m ‎(pokolj), клање n ‎(klanje)
Spanish: matanza (es) f
Turkish: katletme (tr)
Volapük: mipug
Yiddish: הריגה f ‎(harige)

a decisive defeat

Finnish: teurastus (fi), rökäletappio
Greek: σφαγή (el) f ‎(sfagí)
Irish: ár m
Old Irish: ár m

Latin: nex (la)
Polish: pogrom (pl) m
Portuguese: massacre (pt) m
Serbo-Croatian: кланица f ‎(klanica)

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

to butcher animals, generally for food (also kosher and halal rituals)

Arabic: ذَبَحَ ‎(ḏabaḥa)
Egyptian Arabic: دبح ‎(dabaḥ)
Danish: slagte
Dutch: slachten (nl)
Finnish: teurastaa (fi), lahdata (fi)
German: schlachten (de), (Jewish / Muslim) schächten (de)
Alemannic German: metzge
Greek: σφάζω (el) ‎(sfázo)
Italian: macellare (it)

Maori: patu mīti
Nahuatl: mictia (nah)
Norwegian: slakte
Polish: szlachtować (pl) impf, zaszlachtować pf, zarzynać impf, rżnąć (pl) impf, zarżnąć pf
Portuguese: matar (pt), abater (pt)
Romanian: măcelări (ro) m, tăia (ro), omorî (ro)
Spanish: matar (es)
Swedish: slakta (sv)
Turkish: kesmek (tr)
Volapük: pugön (vo), benopugön

to massacre people in large numbers

Armenian: կոտորել (hy) ‎(kotorel)
Dutch: afslachten (nl)
Finnish: teurastaa (fi), lahdata (fi)
German: abschlachten (de)
Greek: κατασφάζω (el) ‎(katasfázo)
Italian: massacrare (it)
Maori: whārona awatea
Nahuatl: mictia (nah)

Norwegian: massakrere, slakte
Polish: masakrować impf, zmasakrować pf
Portuguese: exterminar (pt), massacrar (pt)
Sumerian: 𒄮 ‎(SÙR)
Swedish: slakta (sv)
Volapük: mipugön
Turkish: katletmek (tr)

to kill in a particularly brutal manner

Dutch: afslachten (nl)
Finnish: teurastaa (fi), lahdata (fi)
German: abschlachten (de)
Greek: κατακρεουργώ (el) ‎(katakreourgó)
Nahuatl: mictia (nah)
Norwegian: slakte
Polish: masakrować impf, zmasakrować pf, zarzynać impf, rżnąć (pl) impf, zarżnąć pf

Portuguese: massacrar (pt)
Spanish: masacrar (es), matar (es), carnear (es)
Sumerian: 𒄮 ‎(SÙR)
Swedish: slakta (sv)
Turkish: katletmek (tr)
Volapük: mipugön

Anagrams

laughters, lethargus

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Webster 1913 Edition

Slaughter

Slaugh′ter

Slaugh′ter

Webster 1828 Edition

Slaughter

SLAUGHTER

SLAUGHTER

Definition 2024

Slaughter

Slaughter

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slaughter

slaughter

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