c. 1300, "killing of a cattle or sheep for food, killing of a person," from a Scandinavian *slahtr, akin to Old Norse slatr "a butchering, butcher meat," slatra "to slaughter, [..]

1530s, "butcher an animal for market," from slaughter (n.). Meaning "slay wantonly, ruthlessly, or in great numbers" is from 1580s. Related: Slaughtered; slaughtering.

to kill and butcher an animal for food.

to brutally defeat.

the killing of animals (as for food) butcher: kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter" massacre: kill a large num [..]

killing of animals, usually for food: a terrible killing of one person or great numbers of people

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 Usually anything purchased by a supermarket operator, exporter or wholesaler (any sheep sold to slaughter is sold to the trade, regardless of whether they trade weights or not).

(n) the killing of animals (as for food)(n) the savage and excessive killing of many people(n) a sound defeat(v) kill a large number of people indiscriminately(v) kill (animals) usually for food consu [..]

occidio, cruor

n. "slaughter," s.v. slaughter sb. OED. KEY: slaughter@n

n 6 slaughtre 6

(uncountable) The killing of animals, generally for food; ritual slaughter (kosher and halal). A massacre; the killing of a large number of people. * Milton *: on war and mutual slaughter bent [..]

lang=en 1800s=1818 * '''1818''' — . ''''. *: The patriarchal lives of my protectors caused these impressions to take a firm hold on my mind; perhaps, if my first introduction to humanity had been [..]