how to pronounce slaughter

/ˈslɔːtə/

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slaughter is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of slaughter in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… all in the horrific slaughter that was …”

meaning of slaughter

Slaughter means to kill a large number of animals in a short period of time.

slaughter frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word slaughter occurs in english on average 5.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.