The word slaughter essentially means a mass killing, usually of animals for selling the meat on market. It can also mean a very brutal murder.
Not exactly a fun word to learn.
Slaughter is to kill. Slaughtering is to be in the act of killing something
Slaughtering is worse
John led the pigs to the slaughter house. Hitler was guilty of slaughtering millions of innocents.
Caleb Benton has written: 'Catskill slaughter-house' -- subject(s): Slaughtering and slaughter-houses, Slaughter-houses
Banning horse slaughtering is where the horses go to0 farm and are torn apart and people can do legally with a license and when you slaughter horses illegal you do not have a license or any rights to be slaughtering horses.
Samuel H Logan has written: 'Economies of scale in cattle slaughtering plants' -- subject(s): Slaughtering and slaughter-houses, Meat industry and trade, Cattle trade
Slaughtering is the killing and butchering of food animals in meat packing plants. By extension, it applies to a murder performed in a similarly grisly manner. In metaphorical usage, in competitions and games, it is an overwhelming victory over a relatively "helpless" opponent.
John R. Multop has written: 'Relationship between structure and performance in the steer and heifer slaughtering industry' -- subject(s): Beef industry, Slaughtering and slaughter-houses, Statistics
Iowa. Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, North Carolina, and South Dakota lead in the slaughter of hogs
IBP, ConAgra, and John Morrell operated the country's top three pork slaughter operations.
Elijah Rabinowitz has written: 'Aderet Eliyahu' -- subject(s): Slaughtering and slaughter-houses, Commentaries, Jews
Gilles Bienvenu has written: 'On tue le cochon' -- subject(s): Slaughtering and slaughter-houses, Swine