slaughter noun

ADJ. indiscriminate, mass, wholesale the indiscriminate slaughter of civilians | senseless, terrible | ritual

VERB + SLAUGHTER prevent, stop We were helpless to stop the slaughter.

SLAUGHTER + NOUN house (also slaughterhouse)

PREP. for ~ transporting live horses for slaughter

slaughter verb

1 kill an animal

ADV. humanely The animals are all humanely slaughtered. | ritually | illegally elephants illegally slaughtered by poachers

PREP. for Thousands of birds were slaughtered for their feathers.

2 kill a large number of people

ADV. brutally, cruelly Hundreds of innocent civilians were cruelly slaughtered.

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