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slaughterings

slaughterings is the plural of slaughtering.

Meaning of slaughtering

Noun

slaughtering (plural slaughterings)

  1. An act of slaughter; a killing.
    • Towards the end of each trial (approximately July), when the Hock had been markedly depleted by mortalities and the successive group slaughterings, the remaining animals were confined to one paddock.1970, New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, volume 13, number 1, page 129

Questions about slaughterings

What is slaughterings the plural of?
Slaughterings is the plural of slaughtering.

Words near slaughterings in the dictionary

  1. slaughterhouse
  2. slaughterhouses
  3. slaughteries
  4. slaughtering
  5. slaughteringly
  6. slaughterings
  7. slaughterless
  8. slaughterline
  9. slaughterlines
  10. slaughterman
  11. slaughtermen

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