slaughter
111slaughter — n 1.(all of animals) killing, butchering, chopping, cutting, carving; trimming, slicing, dismembering, mincing; abattage. 2. murder, homicide, manslaughter, assassination, slaying, killing; bloodshed, bloodletting, butchery, death by violence,… …
112slaughter — slaugh·ter …
113slaughter — slaugh•ter [[t]ˈslɔ tər[/t]] n. 1) the killing or butchering of cattle, sheep, etc., esp. for food 2) a brutal or violent killing, esp. the killing of great numbers of people or animals indiscriminately; carnage 3) to kill or butcher (animals),… …
114slaughter — Go to murder …
115slaughter — n. & v. n. 1 the killing of an animal or animals for food. 2 the killing of many persons or animals at once or continuously; carnage, massacre. v.tr. 1 kill (people) in a ruthless manner or on a great scale. 2 kill for food, butcher. 3 colloq.… …
116Animal slaughter — Slaughter is the term used to describe the killing and butchering of animals, usually for food. Commonly it refers to killing and butchering of domestic livestock ( tame animals ).The animals most commonly slaughtered for food are cattle (for… …
117slaughter house — an area on a longliner where the fish catch is sorted and dressed and where hooks are re baited (Nova Scotia) …
118slaughter of the innocents — избиение младенцев …
119slaughter-house — n. Abattoir …
120Slaughter-House Cases — Cases responsible for a famous decision of the United States Supreme Court upholding a statute which rendered an exclusive franchise to a slaughterhouse company, the point at issue being the reasonableness of the classification made by the… …