slaughter

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slaugh·ter1 /ˈslɔːtə $ ˈslɒːtər/ ●○○ verb [transitive]  1. TAto kill an animal, especially for its meat 屠宰〔动物〕2  KILLto kill a lot of people in a cruel or violent way 屠杀，杀戮，残杀〔人〕 SYN butcher Hundreds of innocent civilians had been slaughtered by government troops. 数百名无辜平民遭政府军屠杀。► see thesaurus at kill3  informalDSBEAT/DEFEAT to defeat an opponent in a sport or game by a large number of points 〔在体育比赛中〕使惨败 SYN hammer We got slaughtered, 110–54. 我们以54比 110惨败。→ See Verb table

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slaughter• More than 3,190,600 animals have been slaughtered.• Arledge said she is not against sending horses to slaughter.• The only way to stop the virus spreading is by slaughtering all infected animals.• As part of the ceremony a cow was slaughtered and placed on the stone altar.• Elizabeth was slaughtered at the wheel of her boyfriend's four-wheel-drive truck as she desperately tried to escape.• Hundreds of civilians had been slaughtered by government troops.• Many of them had been ruthlessly slaughtered by the ancestors of our Secretary of the Interior.• From then on, the story turns into little more than an account of men slaughtering each other.• Men, women and children were slaughtered in groups by their captors.• Too many Trojans had been slaughtered in the first surprise.• The Knicks got slaughtered in the semifinal.• His great dragon Nightfang went berserk and slaughtered many Dark Elves and their slave troops.• Men ran through the village burning houses and slaughtering the inhabitants.• Estimates of the number slaughtered vary from 30,000 to 70,000.slaughter2 ●○○ noun [uncountable]  1  TABwhen people kill animals, especially for their meat 〔对动物的〕屠宰，宰杀 the export of live animals for slaughter 屠宰用活畜的出口2  KILLwhen large numbers of people are killed in a cruel or violent way 〔对人的〕屠杀，杀戮，残杀 the slaughter of defenceless women and children 对毫无自卫能力的妇孺的杀戮

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slaughter• The men were knocked away from them with great rapidity and slaughter by the terrible fire of the enemy.• Technology had advanced since the appalling slaughter of the Great War.• De Klerk warned Parliament on April 29 that the continuing slaughter could lead to civil war.• His war crimes included the deliberate slaughter of 250,000 individuals.• Most of the cattle will be sent for slaughter.• Many are determined to avenge the slaughter in the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.• And why not give the slaughter of this young magnificent creature a sacred meaning equal to the experience of giving it death?• On the contrary, they had refrained from acting earlier even though they knew of the slaughter.• Now aged 99, he still has vivid memories of the slaughter.• They could only leave the zone if they were going directly to the slaughter house.• The slaughter was terrible - the whole field was covered with bodies.Origin slaughter2 (1200-1300) Old Norse slatr “meat, killing animals for meat”

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slaugh‧ter¹ /ˈslɔːtə $ ˈslɒːtər/ verb [transitive]
1. to kill an animal, especially for its meat
2. to kill a lot of people in a cruel or violent way
   SYN  butcher:
    Hundreds of innocent civilians had been slaughtered by government troops.
3. informal to defeat an opponent in a sport or game by a large number of points
   SYN  hammer:
    We got slaughtered, 110-54.
     

THESAURUS

■ to kill a large number of people
   ▪ massacre to kill a large number of people in a violent way: Thousands of peaceful demonstrators were massacred by the soldiers.
   ▪ slaughter to kill a large number of people in a violent way. Slaughter is also used about killing animals for food: The army slaughtered thousands of civilians in an effort to stop the revolt. | The pigs were slaughtered on the farm.
   ▪ exterminate to kill large numbers of a particular group, so that they no longer exist: Hitler’s goal was to exterminate the Jews.

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slaughter² noun [uncountable]1. when people kill animals, especially for their meat:
    the export of live animals for slaughter
2. when large numbers of people are killed in a cruel or violent way:
    the slaughter of defenceless women and children