"slaughtering" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: slaughterings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} slaughtering (plural slaughterings)
  1. An act of slaughter; a killing.
    Sense id: en-slaughtering-en-noun-v4l-6a82

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} slaughtering
  1. present participle and gerund of slaughter Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: slaughter
    Sense id: en-slaughtering-en-verb-S2zzuiaH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95

Inflected forms

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