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Definition of Slaughtered
Slaughtered Slaughter Slaugh"ter, v. 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 slaughtered. --Shak.
2. To butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts.
Slaughter Slaughter Slaugh"ter, n. [OE. slautir, slaughter, slaghter,
Icel. sl[=a]tr slain flesh, modified by OE. slaught, slaht,
slaughter, fr. AS. sleaht a stroke, blow; both from the root
of E. slay. See Slay, v. t., and cf. 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.
Slaughter Slaughter Slaugh"ter, v. 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 slaughtered. --Shak.
2. To butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts.
