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misslaughter

misslaughter verb: to slaughter improperly.

Verb

misslaughter (third-person singular simple present misslaughters, present participle misslaughtering, simple past and past participle misslaughtered)

  1. To slaughter improperly.
    • When the battle progresses well, Saul misspeaks, misclaims the battle as his, misvows, his son miseats and the hungry men misslaughter.2003, Barbara Green, How Are the Mighty Fallen?, page 460
    • There are also allegations of ill-treatment of animals (a video ofa shackled animal being badly misslaughtered by Rubashkin's was circulated a couple of years ago by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and even— rumor has it, I didn't even read the articles—a methamphetamine lab in the...2011, Jonathan Boyarin, Mornings at the Stanton Street Shul, page 168

Noun

misslaughter (plural misslaughters)

  1. An instance of misslaughtering.
    • His subsequent misslaughter of an animal in the following legend reveals a high degree of incompetence in the economic arena.2015, Timothy R. Tangherlini, Interpreting Legend (RLE Folklore), page 262
    • Each of these methods carries risks of mis-stun or mis-slaughter which cause distress and suffering to the animal.2018, College of St. George, On-Farm and Local Slaughter Consultation

Forms of misslaughter

Verb
third-person singular presentmisslaughters
present participlemisslaughtering
past participlemisslaughtered
pastmisslaughtered
Noun
pluralmisslaughters

Origin of misslaughter

From mis- + slaughter.

Questions about misslaughter

What does misslaughter mean?
Misslaughter means to slaughter improperly.
What part of speech is misslaughter?
Misslaughter can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of misslaughter?
The past tense of misslaughter is misslaughtered.

Words near misslaughter in the dictionary

  1. missituating
  2. missive
  3. missives
  4. missized
  5. misslanted
  6. misslaughter
  7. misslaughtered
  8. misslaughtering
  9. misslaughters
  10. missle
  11. misslice

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