slaughter – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
slaughter
v.
butcher an animal; murder a person; indiscriminately kill a large number of people or animals, massacre; defeat overwhelmingly (Informal)
n.
killing of an animal; brutal killing of a person; mass killing of animals or humans, carnage, massacre; overwhelming defeat (Informal)
Slaughter
Slaughter may refer to:
Animals
- Animal slaughter, killing animals for food
- Ritual slaughter, the practice of slaughtering livestock for meat in a ritual manner
- Dhabīḥah, the prescribed method of ritual slaughter of animals excluding camels, locusts, fish and most sea life in Islamic law
- Shechita, the ritual slaughter of mammals and birds according to Jewish dietary laws
- Slaughterhouse, the place where animals are killed for food
slaughter
Noun
1. the killing of animals (as for food)
(hypernym) killing, kill, putting to death
(part-holonym) butchery, butchering
(derivation) butcher
2. a sound defeat
(synonym) thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, trouncing, whipping
(hypernym) defeat, licking
3. the savage and excessive killing of many people
(synonym) massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery
(hypernym) murder, slaying, execution
(hyponym) bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, battue
(derivation) massacre, mow down
Verb
1. kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"
(synonym) butcher
(hypernym) kill
(hyponym) chine
(entail) cut
2. kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda"
(synonym) massacre, mow down
(hypernym) kill
(derivation) massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery
slaughter
v.
zabít; porazit; vyvraždit; zmasakrovat
n.
zabití; porážka; vyvraždění; masakr
slaughter
Czas.
zarzynać (zwierzęta); masakrować
Rzecz.
rzeź
