Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - slaughter
Slaughter
slaughter
n. & v. --n. 1 the killing of an animal or animals for food. 2 the killing of many persons or animals at once or continuously; carnage, massacre. --v.tr. 1 kill (people) in a ruthless manner or on a great scale. 2 kill for food, butcher. 3 colloq. defeat utterly. Derivatives slaughterer n. slaughterous adj. Etymology: ME slahter ult. f. ON sl{aacute}tr butcher's meat, rel. to SLAY(1)
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I. noun see: slay Date: 14th century the act of killing, killing of great numbers of human beings (as in battle or a massacre) ; carnage, II. transitive verb Date: 1535 to kill (animals) for food ; butcher, 2. to kill in a bloody or violent manner ; slay, to kill in large numbers ; massacre, to discredit, defeat, or demolish completely, ~er noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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