'Slaughtering' definitions:

Definition of 'Slaughtering'

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]