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slaughter

verb

  1. kill a large number of people indiscriminately

    無差別に多くの人々を殺す
    • The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda
      フツ族はルワンダでツチ族を大虐殺した

  2. kill (animals) usually for food consumption

    通常食糧消費のために殺す（動物）
    • They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter
      彼らは冬を越えるために残りの1頭のヤギを屠殺した

noun

  1. the killing of animals (as for food)

    （食料として）動物を殺すこと

  2. the savage and excessive killing of many people

    多くの人を野蛮に過度に殺すこと

  3. a sound defeat

    完全な敗北

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