Slaughter

n.	1.	The act of killing. On war and mutual slaughter bent. - Milton.
	2.	The act of killing cattle or other beasts for market.
v. t.	1.	To visit with great destruction of life; to kill; to slay in battle. [imp. & p. p. Slaughtered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Slaughtering.] Your castle is surprised; your wife and babes Savagely slaughtered. - Shak.
	2.	To butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts.

Noun	1.	slaughter - the killing of animals (as for food)
	2.	slaughter - a sound defeat Synonyms: drubbing, thrashing, trouncing, walloping, whipping, debacle
	3.	slaughter - the savage and excessive killing of many people Synonyms: carnage, mass murder, massacre, butchery
Verb	1.	slaughter - kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter" Synonyms: butcher
	2.	slaughter - kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda" Synonyms: massacre, mow down

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