Definition of slaughter

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

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Matanza :: Matanza (n.) A place where animals are slaughtered for their hides and tallow.
Blood :: Blood (n.) The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction..
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..
Carnage :: Carnage (n.) Great destruction of life, as in battle; bloodshed; slaughter; massacre; murder; havoc..
Self-slaughter :: Self-slaughter (n.) Suicide.
Bloody :: Bloody (a.) Attended with, or involving, bloodshed; sanguinary; esp., marked by great slaughter or cruelty; as, a bloody battle..
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..
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.
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..
Abattoir :: Abattoir (n.) A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc..
Fatten :: Fatten (v. t.) To make fat; to feed for slaughter; to make fleshy or plump with fat; to fill full; to fat.
Battue :: Battue (v. t.) The wanton slaughter of game.
Slaughter :: Slaughter (v. t.) The act of killing cattle or other beasts for market.
Wholesale :: Wholesale (a.) Extensive and indiscriminate; as, wholesale slaughter..
Slaughterer :: Slaughterer (n.) One who slaughters.
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..
Slaughterous :: Slaughterous (a.) Destructive; murderous.
Bloodshed :: Bloodshed (n.) The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder..
Slaughter :: Slaughter (v. t.) To butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts..
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