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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