Definitions | slaughter |
| noun
- (uncountable) The killing of animals, generally for food
- A massacre; the killing of a large number of people
- A rout or decisive defeat
Translations: - German: Schlachtung
(trans-mid)
- Spanish: matanza
(trans-bottom)
(trans-top, a decisive defeat)
verb
- (transitive) To butcher animals, generally for food
- (transitive) To massacre people in large numbers
- (transitive) To kill in a particularly brutal manner
Translations: - German: abschlachten
(trans-mid)
Etymology: (cognate with slatr)
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