Slaughter | Mean of slaughter in English Dictionary

/ˈslɑːtɚ/

• Verb
• to kill (an animal) for food
1. slaughter cattle
• to kill (many people) in a very violent way
1. Hundreds of people were slaughtered [=massacred] by the invaders.
• to defeat (someone or something) easily or completely
1. Our team got slaughtered yesterday.
2. They slaughtered us.
• Noun

• the act of killing animals for their meat
1. Thousands of cows are sent to (the) slaughter every day.
• the violent killing of a large number of people
1. the slaughter of innocent people