slaughter

1. (uncountable)The killing of animals, generally for food.

   Schlachtung, Schächtung, Keulung

   убо́йubój, забо́йzabój

   забі́йzabíj

   the killing of animals (as for food)

2. (countable, uncountable)A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.

   1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book VI, 1773, The First Six Books of Milton's Paradise Lost, Edinburgh, page 416, For ſin, on war and mutual ſlaughter bent.

   Schlachtung, Schlächterei, Gemetzel

   резня́reznjá, ма́ссовое уби́йствоmássovoje ubíjstvo, бо́йняbójnja

   різня́riznjá, різани́наrizanýna, бо́йняbójnja

   the savage and excessive killing of many people

3. (countable, rare, uncountable)A mass destruction of non-living things.

4. (countable, uncountable)A rout or decisive defeat.

   разгро́мrazgróm

   a sound defeat

5. (collective, countable, uncountable)A group of iguanas.

1. Russians are able to name as brothers the very people whose country they're devastating and who they are slaughtering.

   Росіяни можуть називати братами тих самих людей, чию країну вони спустошують і яких вони по-звірячому вбивають.

   ruРусские способны называть братьями тех самых людей, чью страну они опустошают и кому они устраивают бойню.

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2. The lambs were slaughtered for market.

   ruЯгнята были забиты для продажи на рынке.

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3. Have you ever slaughtered a sheep?

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4. The dragon is slaughtering our troops.

   ruДракон убивает наши войска.

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5. Damiano saved the pig from slaughter.

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