slaughter (slaughters 3rd person present) (slaughtering present participle) (slaughtered past tense & past participle )
1 verb If large numbers of people or animals are slaughtered, they are killed in a way that is cruel or unnecessary.
Thirty four people were slaughtered while queuing up to cast their votes... be V-ed
Slaughter is also a noun., n-uncount
2 verb To slaughter animals such as cows and sheep means to kill them for their meat.
Lack of chicken feed means that chicken farms are having to slaughter their stock. V n
Slaughter is also a noun., n-uncount