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


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