Hypertext Webster Gateway: "slaughtered"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Slaughter \Slaugh"ter\, v. t. [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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