Definition of slaughter

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Slaughter (v. t.) The extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage..

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Manslaughter :: Manslaughter (n.) The unlawful killing of a man, either in negligenc/ or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger..
Wholesale :: Wholesale (a.) Extensive and indiscriminate; as, wholesale slaughter..
Slaughterman :: Slaughterman (n.) One employed in slaughtering.
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.
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..
Feeder :: Feeder (n.) One who fattens cattle for slaughter.
Butchering :: Butchering (n.) The act of slaughtering; the act of killing cruelly and needlessly.
Manslayer :: Manslayer (n.) One who kills a human being; one who commits manslaughter.
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..
Slaughter :: Slaughter (v. t.) The act of killing.
Abattoir :: Abattoir (n.) A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc..
Butcher :: Butcher (n.) One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food..
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..
Slaughtermen :: Slaughtermen (pl. ) of Slaughterma.
Bloody :: Bloody (a.) Attended with, or involving, bloodshed; sanguinary; esp., marked by great slaughter or cruelty; as, a bloody battle..
Hecatomb :: Hecatomb (n.) A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time; hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of victims..
Fatten :: Fatten (v. t.) To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat.
Gambrel :: Gambrel (n.) A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals.
Butchery :: Butchery (n.) Murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter..
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