slaughtering

English

Verb

slaughtering

  1. present participle and gerund of slaughter

Noun

slaughtering (plural slaughterings)

  1. An act of slaughter; a killing.
    • 1970, New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, volume 13, number 1, page 129:
      Towards the end of each trial (approximately July), when the Hock had been markedly depleted by mortalities and the successive group slaughterings, the remaining animals were confined to one paddock.
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