Slaughtered

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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              Your castle is surprised; your wife and babes
              Savagely slaughtered.                 --Shak.
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     2. To butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts.
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