Definition of slaughter

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

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Slaughter :: Slaughter (v. t.) The extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage..
Butchery :: Butchery (n.) Murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter..
Battue :: Battue (v. t.) The wanton slaughter of game.
Matanza :: Matanza (n.) A place where animals are slaughtered for their hides and tallow.
Slaughterman :: Slaughterman (n.) One employed in slaughtering.
Slaughter :: Slaughter (v. t.) The act of killing cattle or other beasts for market.
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..
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..
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..
Blood :: Blood (n.) The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction..
Manslayer :: Manslayer (n.) One who kills a human being; one who commits manslaughter.
Havoc :: Havoc (n.) A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.
Beef :: Beef (n.) The flesh of an ox, or cow, or of any adult bovine animal, when slaughtered for food..
Bloodless :: Bloodless (a.) Not attended with shedding of blood, or slaughter; as, a bloodless victory..
Butcher :: Butcher (n.) One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food..
Slaughter :: Slaughter (v. t.) To visit with great destruction of life; to kill; to slay in battle.
Appealable :: Appealable (a.) That may be accused or called to answer by appeal; as, a criminal is appealable for manslaughter..
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..
Shamble :: Shamble (n.) A place for slaughtering animals for meat.
Internecion :: Internecion (n.) Mutual slaughter or destruction; massacre.
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