Definition of slaughter

• v. t. - The act of killing.
• v. t. - The extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage.
• v. t. - The act of killing cattle or other beasts for market.
• v. t. - To visit with great destruction of life; to kill; to slay in battle.
• v. t. - To butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts.