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   Slaughter , n. [OE. slautir, slaughter, slaghter, Icel. slātr 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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   Slaughter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slaughtered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Slaughtering.]
   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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   To butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts.
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