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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

slaughter
    n 1: the killing of animals (as for food)
    2: a sound defeat [syn: thrashing, walloping, debacle,
       drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping]
    3: the savage and excessive killing of many people [syn:
       slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage,
       butchery]
    v 1: kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They
         slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter" [syn:
         butcher, slaughter]
    2: kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus
       massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda" [syn: massacre,
       slaughter, mow down]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Slaughter \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.
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            Your castle is surprised; your wife and babes
            Savagely slaughtered.                 --Shak.
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   2. To butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Slaughter \Slaugh"ter\, n. [OE. slautir, slaughter, slaghter,
   Icel. sl[=a]tr 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.]
   The act of killing. Specifically:
   (a) The extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of
       life; carnage.
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             On war and mutual slaughter bent.    --Milton.
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   (b) The act of killing cattle or other beasts for market.
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   Syn: Carnage; massacre; butchery; murder; havoc.
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4. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

Slaughter, LA -- U.S. village in Louisiana
   Population (2000):    1011
   Housing Units (2000): 376
   Land area (2000):     5.484612 sq. miles (14.205078 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.008698 sq. miles (0.022529 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    5.493310 sq. miles (14.227607 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            70770
   Located within:       Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22
   Location:             30.716484 N, 91.144506 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     70777
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Slaughter, LA
    Slaughter

Thesaurus Results for Slaughter:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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