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.
      1913 webster

            your castle is surprised; your wife and babes
            savagely slaughtered.                 --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts.
      1913 webster
see also:
slaughtered slaughtering