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slaughter
verb [T] /ˈslɔː.tər/
/ˈslɑː.t̬ɚ/ Definition
› to cruelly and unfairly kill a lot of people: Thousands of people were slaughtered in the civil war.Murder and attempted murderKilling › to kill an animal for meat: The animals are slaughtered in abattoirs.KillingMurder and attempted murderAnimal farming - general words › to defeat someone very easily: England slaughtered Germany 5–1 at football.Winning and defeatingScoring, winning and losing in sport
(Definition of slaughter verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- claim sb's life idiom
- destroy verb
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