Slaughter



noun
1.
(1. The killing of animals for food. 2. The killing of a large number of people; a massacre: "I could not give my name to aid the slaughter in this war, fought on both sides for grossly material ends") slaughter of animals ការសម្លាប់ senseless slaughter ការកាប់សម្លាប់
Example: The slaughter of innocent civilians.
2.
(បច្ចេកទេស) ការសម្លាប់រង្គាល, ការចាញ់ល្បែង
verbpast tense: slaughtered ; past participle: slaughtered ; present participle: slaughtering ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) (the killing of animals for food, the ruthless killing of a great number of people or animals, a massacre) សម្លាប់រង្គាល slaughter cattle ស្លាប់ slaughter innocent people កាប់ស្លាប់
Example: Thousands slaughtered by the invading army.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
The act of killing.
2.
The extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage.
3.
The act of killing cattle or other beasts for market.
verbpast tense: slaughtered ; past participle: slaughtered ; present participle: slaughtering ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To visit with great destruction of life; to kill; to slay in battle.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts.
1.
bloodshed, butchery, carnage, massacre, murder, pogrom, slaying
2.
assassinate, butcher, devastate, execute, kill, massacre, murder, slay
1.
animate, protect, resuscitate, save, vivify