man-slaughteringn.2
/ˈmanˌslɔːtərɪŋ/, /ˌmanˈslɔːtərɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈˌmænˈslɔdərɪŋ/, /ˈˌmænˈslɑdərɪŋ/ rare.
An act of slaughtering human beings.
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the world > life > death > killing > slaughter > [noun]
sleightc893
wal-slaught?a900
qualeeOE
deathOE
swordc1000
morthOE
slaughta1225
destroyingc1300
drepingc1300
martyrdomc1325
murderc1325
mortc1330
sleighterc1330
slaughter1338
iron and firea1387
murraina1387
manslaughtera1400
martyre?a1400
quella1425
occision?a1430
decease1513
destruction1526
slaughting1535
butchery?1536
butchering1572
massacrea1578
slaughterdom1592
slaughtering1597
carnage1600
massacring1600
slaughtery1604
internecion1610
decimationa1613
destroy1616
trucidation1623
stragea1632
sword-wrack1646
interemption1656
carnifice1657
panolethry1668
butcher work1808
bloodbath1814
populicide1824
man-slaughtering1851
battue1864
mass murder1917
genocide1944
overkill1957
1851 T. A. Buckley tr. Homer Iliad vii. 127 I well know both battles and man-slaughterings.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
man-slaughteringadj.
/ˈmanˌslɔːtərɪŋ/, /ˌmanˈslɔːtərɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈˌmænˈslɔdərɪŋ/, /ˈˌmænˈslɑdərɪŋ/ That slaughters or that is capable of slaughtering human beings; of the nature of or characteristic of the slaughtering of human beings.
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the world > life > death > killing > man-killing or homicide > [adjective]
homicidec1384
man-killingc1440
kill-man1598
manslaying1625
homicidious1632
man-slaughteringc1705
homicidal1725
homicidial1808
manslaughterous1853
c1705 G. Berkeley Descr. Cave of Dunmore in Wks. (1871) IV. 508 Ireland seems the freest country in the world from such manslaughtering animals.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxxiv. 326 It wasn't an accident at all, but a demd furious manslaughtering attack made upon him by your nephew.
1876 A. C. Swinburne Erechtheus (ed. 2) 475 Sickles of man-slaughtering edge.
1957 T. Hughes Egg-head in Hawk in Rain 31 The whaled monstered sea-bottom, eagled peaks And stars that hang over hurtling endlessness, With manslaughtering shocks Are let in on his sense.
1999 Asheville Citizen-Times (N. Carolina) (Nexis) 21 June a6 He has resigned himself to a life of service helping others steer clear of the manslaughtering mix of gasoline and alcohol.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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