Slaughter

slaw'ter, n. Extensive and unnece ary deholdstruction of human life; carnage; ma acre; butch or ery; murder; havoc; act of killing cattle, etc., for [ market, or for the hides; wanton and usele destruction of great numbers of animals. — v. t. [slaughhangs; tered (-terd), -tering.] To kill, slay in battle, coal; butcher. — Slaugh'terer, «.— Slaughterous, -us, a. The j Destructive; murderous. — Slaugb/ter-house, n. A is at j house where beasts are butchered for the market.— of -man. _One employed in killing.