The meaning of SLAUGHTER is the act of killing; specifically : the butchering of livestock for market. How to use slaughter in a sentence.

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SLAUGHTER definition: 1. the killing of many people cruelly and unfairly, especially in a war: 2. the killing of animals…. Learn more.

Slaughter and butcher, primarily referring to the killing of animals for food, are used also of the brutal or indiscriminate killing of human beings: to slaughter cattle; to butcher a hog.

1. The killing of animals especially for food. 2. The killing of a large number of people; a massacre: "I could not give my name to aid the slaughter in this war, fought on both sides for …

To slaughter animals such as cows and sheep means to kill them for their meat. Lack of chicken feed means that chicken farms are having to slaughter their stock.

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SLAUGHTER meaning: 1 : to kill (an animal) for food; 2 : to kill (many people) in a very violent way

Slaughter refers to the killing of large numbers of animals or people. When cattle are old enough, they're sent to slaughter and their meat is processed and shipped to stores.