'Slaughter' definitions:

Definition of 'slaughter'

From: WordNet
noun
The killing of animals (as for food)
noun
A sound defeat [syn: thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping]
noun
The savage and excessive killing of many people [syn: slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery]
verb
Kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter" [syn: butcher, slaughter]
verb
Kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda" [syn: massacre, slaughter, mow down]

Definition of 'Slaughter'

From: GCIDE
  • Slaughter \Slaugh"ter\, n. [OE. slautir, slaughter, slaghter, Icel. sl[=a]tr slain flesh, modified by OE. slaught, slaht, slaughter, fr. AS. sleaht a stroke, blow; both from the root of E. slay. See Slay, v. t., and cf. Onslaught.] The act of killing. Specifically: (a) The extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage. [1913 Webster]
  • On war and mutual slaughter bent. --Milton. [1913 Webster] (b) The act of killing cattle or other beasts for market. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Carnage; massacre; butchery; murder; havoc. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Slaughter'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Your castle is surprised; your wife and babes Savagely slaughtered. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'slaughter'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Slaughter, LA -- U.S. village in Louisiana

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Slaughter, LA -- U.S. village in Louisiana
Population (2000) :
1011
Housing Units (2000) :
376
Land area (2000) :
5.484612 sq. miles (14.205078 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.008698 sq. miles (0.022529 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
5.493310 sq. miles (14.227607 sq. km)
FIPS code :
70770
Located within :
Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22
Location :
30.716484 N, 91.144506 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
70777
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.