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to slaughter
01
to kill a large number of people, often in a harsh and heartless manner
Transitive: to slaughter sb
Examples
The invading army sought to slaughter the inhabitants of the defenseless village.
02
to kill animals for the purpose of providing food
Transitive: to slaughter animals
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
slaughter
3rd person singular
slaughters
Present participle
slaughtering
Past simple
slaughtered
Past participle
slaughtered
Examples
Farmers brought their cattle to the facility to be slaughtered.
Slaughter
01
the killing of animals for food, often done on a large scale in industrial settings
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
slaughters
Examples
The slaughter of livestock is a critical part of the meat production industry.
02
suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense)
03
a sound defeat
04
the savage and excessive killing of many people
