slaughter
verb
[ ˈslɔːtə ]
• kill (animals) for food.
• "at present the abattoir is slaughtering animals for the domestic market"
slaughter
noun
• the killing of animals for food.
• "thousands of calves were exported to the continent for slaughter"
Origin:
Middle English (as a noun): from Old Norse slátr ‘butcher's meat’; related to slay1. The verb dates from the mid 16th century.
