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misslaughtering

misslaughtering is the present participle and gerund of misslaughter.

Meaning of misslaughter

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

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Questions about misslaughtering

What is misslaughtering the present participle and gerund of?
Misslaughtering is the present participle and gerund of misslaughter.

Words near misslaughtering in the dictionary

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

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