Definitions of slaughter:

• noun:   the killing of animals (as for food)
• noun:   the savage and excessive killing of many people
• noun:   a sound defeat
• verb:   kill a large number of people indiscriminately
• verb:   kill (animals) usually for food consumption

  Example: "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"

• name:  A surname (common: 1 in 8333 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #1011)