Definition of slaughter

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

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Slaughtermen :: Slaughtermen (pl. ) of Slaughterma.
Slaughtering :: Slaughtering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slaughte.
Quarter :: Quarter (n.) One limb of a quadruped with the adjacent parts; one fourth part of the carcass of a slaughtered animal, including a leg; as, the fore quarters; the hind quarters..
Slaughterer :: Slaughterer (n.) One who slaughters.
Shamble :: Shamble (n.) A place for slaughtering animals for meat.
Internecine :: Internecine (a.) Involving, or accompanied by, mutual slaughter; mutually destructive..
Populicide :: Populicide (n.) Slaughter of the people.
Slaughtered :: Slaughtered (imp. & p. p.) of Slaughte.
Battue :: Battue (v. t.) The wanton slaughter of game.
Butcher :: Butcher (v. t.) To kill or slaughter (animals) for food, or for market; as, to butcher hogs..
Butcher :: Butcher (n.) One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food..
Gambrel :: Gambrel (n.) A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals.
Slaughterhouse :: Slaughterhouse (n.) A house where beasts are butchered for the market.
Bloody :: Bloody (a.) Attended with, or involving, bloodshed; sanguinary; esp., marked by great slaughter or cruelty; as, a bloody battle..
Slaughterman :: Slaughterman (n.) One employed in slaughtering.
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..
Butchery :: Butchery (n.) Murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter..
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..
Manslayer :: Manslayer (n.) One who kills a human being; one who commits manslaughter.
Matanza :: Matanza (n.) A place where animals are slaughtered for their hides and tallow.
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