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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   plural of slaughter form-of, plural

Verb

1. 1
   third-person singular simple present indicative of slaughter form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Proper Noun

1. 1
   The Cotswold villages of Upper Slaughter and Lower Slaughter in Gloucestershire, England, and the surrounding area. plural, plural-only

Synonyms

All synonyms

butchermassacrebloodshedbutcherycarnagehavoc

Etymology

Etymology 1

slaughter + -s

Etymology 2

From Old English *slōhtre (“slough, river-valley”).

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