Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

            Your castle is surprised; your wife and babes
            Savagely slaughtered.                 --Shak.

   2. To butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts.