Definition of slaughter

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Slaughter (v. t.) The act of killing cattle or other beasts for market.

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M :: M (n.) A brand or stigma, having the shape of an M, formerly impressed on one convicted of manslaughter and admitted to the benefit of clergy..
Blood :: Blood (n.) The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction..
Carnage :: Carnage (n.) Great destruction of life, as in battle; bloodshed; slaughter; massacre; murder; havoc..
Battue :: Battue (v. t.) The wanton slaughter of game.
Fatten :: Fatten (v. t.) To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat.
Abattoir :: Abattoir (n.) A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc..
Bloody :: Bloody (a.) Attended with, or involving, bloodshed; sanguinary; esp., marked by great slaughter or cruelty; as, a bloody battle..
Wholesale :: Wholesale (a.) Extensive and indiscriminate; as, wholesale slaughter..
Laniary :: Laniary (a.) The shambles; a place of slaughter.
Bloodless :: Bloodless (a.) Not attended with shedding of blood, or slaughter; as, a bloodless victory..
Knacker :: Knacker (n.) One who slaughters worn-out horses and sells their flesh for dog's meat.
Butchery :: Butchery (n.) Murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter..
Voluntary :: Voluntary (v. t.) Done by design or intention; intentional; purposed; intended; not accidental; as, if a man kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter..
Slaughterous :: Slaughterous (a.) Destructive; murderous.
Massacre :: Massacre (n.) To kill in considerable numbers where much resistance can not be made; to kill with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to the usages of nations; to butcher; to slaughter; -- limited to the killing of human beings..
Butcher :: Butcher (n.) A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle..
Butcher :: Butcher (n.) One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food..
Slaughter :: Slaughter (v. t.) The act of killing cattle or other beasts for market.
Fatling :: Fatling (n.) A calf, lamb, kid, or other young animal fattened for slaughter; a fat animal; -- said of such animals as are used for food..
Feeder :: Feeder (n.) One who fattens cattle for slaughter.
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