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slaughterous

slaughterous adjective: prone to slaughtering.

Adjective

slaughterous (not comparable)

  1. prone to slaughtering
  2. having characteristics of a slaughter

slaughterous meaning in Tamil

slaughterous in Tamil

படுகொலை செய்யும் பாங்குடைய

Origin of slaughterous

From slaughter + -ous.

Words formed from slaughterous

Questions about slaughterous

What does slaughterous mean?
Slaughterous means prone to slaughtering.
What is slaughterous in Tamil?
Slaughterous in Tamil is படுகொலை செய்யும் பாங்குடைய. See Slaughterous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is slaughterous?
Slaughterous is an adjective.

Words near slaughterous in the dictionary

  1. slaughterless
  2. slaughterline
  3. slaughterlines
  4. slaughterman
  5. slaughtermen
  6. slaughterous
  7. slaughterously
  8. slaughterpeople
  9. slaughterperson
  10. slaughterpersons
  11. slaughters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: slaughterous (page history and authors); slaughterous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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