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Webster 1913 Edition
Slaughter
Slaugh′ter
,Noun.
[OE. , and cf.
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.
T.
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.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Slaughtered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Slaughtering
.] 1.
To visit with great destruction of life; to kill; to slay in battle.
Your castle is surprised; your wife and babes
Savagely
Savagely
slaughtered
. Shakespeare
2.
To butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts.
Webster 1828 Edition
Slaughter
SLAUGHTER
,Noun.
1.
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.2.
Applied to beasts, butchery; a killing of oxen or other beasts for market.SLAUGHTER
,Verb.
T.
1.
To kill; to slay; to make great destruction of life; as , to slaughter men in battle.2.
To butcher; to kill for the market; as beasts.