Dictionary entry

Slaughter

Pronunciation: /ˈslɔːtə/

Pronunciation

/ˈslɔːtə/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) လူ့အသက်ပေါင်းများစွာကို သတ်ဖြတ်ဖျက်ဆီးခြင်း။

Definition

slaughter /'slç:tå(r)/ n [U] ၁။ သားထိုးျခင္း။ animals reared for slaughter. အသားစားရန္ ေမြးျမဴထားေသာ တိရစၧာန္မ်ား။ ၂။ လူသတ္ပြဲ ။ the widespread slaughter of innocent civilians. v ၁။ သားထိုးသည္။ slaughter pigs by humane methods. ၂။ သတ္ပြဲ က်င္းပသည္။ Men, women and children were slaughtered and whole villages destroyed. ၃။ ( infml ) အျပတ္အသတ္ အႏိုင္ယူသည္။ We were absolutely slaughtered by the home team. ၿမိဳ႕ခံအသင္းက တို႔ကိုအမဲ ဖ်က္ လႊတ္လိုက္တယ္။

Examples

  1. War always involves the slaughter of innocent civilians.
  2. The cattle were being sent for slaughter.