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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Slaughter \Slaugh"ter\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Slaughtered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slaughtering}.]
1. To visit with great destruction of life; to kill; to slay in battle.
Your castle is surprised; your wife and babes Savagely slaughtered. --Shak.
2. To butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts.
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