slaughter

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see also: Slaughter

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈslɔːtə/
• (America) IPA: /ˈslɔtɚ/
• (cot-caught) IPA: /ˈslɑtɚ/

Noun

slaughter

1. (uncountable) The killing of animals, generally for food.
2. A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.
   • 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book VI, 1773, The First Six Books of Milton's Paradise Lost, Edinburgh, page 416 ↗,

     For ſin, on war and mutual ſlaughter bent.

3. A rout or decisive defeat.

Translations

• French: abattage
• German: Schlachtung, rituelles Schlachten, Schächten, Schächtung
• Italian: mattanza
• Portuguese: matança
• Russian: убо́й
• Spanish: matanza

Translations

• French: carnage, tuerie
• German: Schlachtung, Schlächterei, Gemetzel, Metzelei
• Italian: mattanza, carneficina, massacro, massacro
• Portuguese: carnificina, matança, massacre
• Russian: резня́
• Spanish: matanza

Translations

• Portuguese: massacre
• Russian: разгро́м
• Spanish: escabechina

Verb

slaughter (slaughters, present participle slaughtering; past and past participle slaughtered)

1. (transitive) To butcher animals, generally for food
2. (transitive, intransitive) To massacre people in large numbers
3. (transitive) To kill in a particularly brutal manner

Translations

• German: schlachten, (Jewish / Muslim) schächten
• Italian: macellare
• Portuguese: matar, abater
• Spanish: matar

Translations

• French: massacrer, faire une tuerie
• German: abschlachten
• Italian: massacrare
• Portuguese: exterminar, massacrar

Translations

• French: massacrer, faire un carnage
• German: abschlachten
• Portuguese: massacrar
• Spanish: masacrar, matar, carnear

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Slaughter

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Proper noun

1. Surname
2. A town in Louisiana.

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