slaughter
Definition
- n. the killing of animals (as for food)
- n. the savage and excessive killing of many people
Word forms
- Past participle
- slaughtered
- Present participle
- slaughtering
- Past tense
- slaughtered
- Third person singular
- slaughters
Example sentences
n.
The documentary showed the brutal slaughter of animals for meat.
vt.
The store decided to slaughter the prices during the clearance sale.