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  • Definition
    • slaughter :kill (animals) usually for food consumption
      • They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter

    • slaughter :kill a large number of people indiscriminately
      • The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda

    • slaughter :the killing of animals (as for food)

      • slaughter :a sound defeat

        • slaughter :the savage and excessive killing of many people

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