Slaughters
Proper noun
Meaning
Slaughters (plurale tantum)
The Cotswold villages of Upper Slaughter and Lower Slaughter in Gloucestershire, England, and the surrounding area.
Synonyms
Examples
And Mother, who was meticulous about clean food, never seemed to mind that the stump bore the results of goodness knows how many slaughters.
Over the years, there have been several occurrences of cult killings in the area, ranging from brutal gunfights to bloody street slaughters, instigated by certain grievances between cult groups.
Pope Benedict said: "Enough with the slaughters, enough with the violence, enough with the hatred in Iraq!"
The host farmer always slaughters a cattle or more for the festivities, while traditional mahangu beer is prepared in abundance.
When He sees the sinner son returning, he rushes out to meet him and slaughters the fatted calf.
With all the tenacity school kids can muster, they cling to this fragile thing called life but then some demon that feels slighted, a vile, greasy lawnmower, slaughters a field of daffodils.