slaughters
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of slaughter
• laughsters, slaughtres
Slaughters (plurale tantum)
The Cotswold villages of Upper Slaughter and Lower Slaughter in Gloucestershire, England, and the surrounding area.
• laughsters, slaughtres
Source: Wiktionary
Slaugh"ter, n. Etym: [OE. slautir, slaughter, slaghter, Icel. slatr slain flesh, modified by OE. slaught, slaht, slaughter, fr. AS. sleaht a stroke, blow; both from the root of E. slay. See Slay, v. t., and cf. Onslaught.]
Definition: The act of killing. Specifically: (a) The extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage. On war and mutual slaughter bent. Milton.
(b) The act of killing cattle or other beasts for market.
Syn.
– Carnage; massacre; butchery; murder; havoc.
Slaugh"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slaughtered; p. pr. & vb. n. Slaughtering.]
1. To visit with great destruction of life; to kill; to slay in battle. Your castle is surprised; your wife and babes Savagely slaughtered. Shak.
2. To butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts.
Slaugh"ter, n. Etym: [OE. slautir, slaughter, slaghter, Icel. slatr slain flesh, modified by OE. slaught, slaht, slaughter, fr. AS. sleaht a stroke, blow; both from the root of E. slay. See Slay, v. t., and cf. Onslaught.]
Definition: The act of killing. Specifically: (a) The extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage. On war and mutual slaughter bent. Milton.
(b) The act of killing cattle or other beasts for market.
Syn.
– Carnage; massacre; butchery; murder; havoc.
Slaugh"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slaughtered; p. pr. & vb. n. Slaughtering.]
1. To visit with great destruction of life; to kill; to slay in battle. Your castle is surprised; your wife and babes Savagely slaughtered. Shak.
2. To butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 January 2025
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