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s law ter

  • n  the killing of animals (as for food)
  • n  a sound defeat
  • n  the savage and excessive killing of many people
  • v  kill (animals) usually for food consumption
    They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter
  • v  kill a large number of people indiscriminately

  • The terrorists warned that there will be slaughter and retribution if anyone from the village sides with the authorities.
  • As the civil war broke out there was mayhem in the cities and slaughter in the countryside.
  • Banning cow slaughter in West Bengal and Kerala probably wouldn't help, as it would surely lead to an increase in the number of illegal, backstreet slaughter .
News & Articles

  • The Faces of Our Fathers Film Festival kicks off tonight
    Ulysses “Butch” Slaughter understands the difficulties that can arise in navigating relationships with fathers. His relationship with his late father, Ulysses Slaughter Sr., was filled with brokenness for years.
    June 14, 2013 - Delaware County Daily Times
  • Vince Neil, Slaughter performing in Beaumont Aug. 17
    Vince Neil, Slaughter performing in Beaumont Aug. 17 Beaumont Enterprise Copyright 2013 Beaumont Enterprise. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 4:47 pm, Tuesday, June 11, 2013 Vince Neil of Motley Crue, Great White and Slaughter will perform Aug. 17 at the Ford Park Pavilion, the venue announced Tuesday. Ford Park is offering ...
    June 12, 2013 - Beaumont Enterprise
  • Richard P. Slaughter Associates Tops $100,000 Mark in Charitable Giving at Annual Client Appreciation Golf Tournament
    Richard P. Slaughter Associates presented a check for $40,000 to local charities following the 5th Annual Golf for Charity Classic. The contribution brought Slaughter’s five-year total up to $130,000, and benefitted three Central Texas nonprofits with more than $13,300 each, this year alone. (PRWeb June 10, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10813845.htm
    June 10, 2013 - PRWeb
Quotes

  • Barack Obama in ABC News
    We do not yet have all the answers about this latest attempt, but those who would slaughter innocent men, women and children must know that the United States will ...... do more than simply strengthen our defenses,Obama said in a brief...
  • Nelson Chamisa in FOXNews
    We are not going to accept the so-called runoff. It is going to be a 'run-over' of Zimbabwe. People are going to be killed,Chamisa said. "We are not so naive a leadership to lead our people to slaughter."
  • Bashar Assad in The Associated Press
    Assad on Sunday called Israel a state "based on crime, slaughter."

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