Past tense of slaughter
regular verb
The past tense of slaughter is slaughtered. The past participle is also slaughtered.
Forms of slaughter
| Base form (V1) | slaughter /ˈslɔːtə/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | slaughtered |
| Past participle (V3) | slaughtered |
| Present participle | slaughtering |
| Third person singular | slaughters |
Slaughtered in a sentence
- Hurriedly he snatched up others, one or two at a time, until he had slaughtered thirty of Hrothgar's doughtiest earls.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 21
- During the crusades, many Muslims and Christians and Jews were slaughtered.From the entry crusade
- Due to BSE, cows in the United Kingdom must be finished and slaughtered before 30 months of age.From the entry finish
- Much livestock was slaughtered due to high feed prices.From the entry livestock
- Slaughtered livestock is usually bled dry prior to butchering.From the entry bleed dry
Meaning of slaughter
- noun The killing of animals, generally for food.
- noun A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.
- noun A mass destruction of non-living things.
Questions about the past tense of slaughter
- What is the past tense of slaughter?
- The past tense of slaughter is slaughtered.
- What is the past participle of slaughter?
- The past participle of slaughter is slaughtered.
- Is slaughter a regular or irregular verb?
- Slaughter is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: slaughter (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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