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123 words match “LAUGHTER”

LAUGHTER n.
y a sonorous and interrupted expulsion of air from the lungs. See Laugh, v. i. The act of laughter, which is a sweet contraction of the muscles of the face, and a pleasant agitation of the vocal organs, is not merely, or totally within the jurisdiction of ourselves. Sir T. Browne. Archly the maiden smiled, and with eye…
LAUGHTERLESS a.
Not laughing; without laughter.
MANSLAUGHTER n. 2 definitions
The slaying of a human being; destruction of men. Milton.
SELF-SLAUGHTER n.
Suicide. Shak.
SLAUGHTER n. 5 definitions
he extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage. On war and mutual slaughter bent. Milton.
SLAUGHTERER n.
One who slaughters.
SLAUGHTERHOUSE n.
A house where beasts are butchered for the market.
SLAUGHTERMAN n.
One employed in slaughtering. Shak.
SLAUGHTEROUS a.
Destructive; murderous. Shak. M. Arnold. -- Slaugh"ter*ous*ly, adv.
ABATTOIR n.
A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
ABDERIAN a.
Given to laughter; inclined to foolish or incessant merriment.
ANSWER n.
done in return for, or in consequence of, something else; a responsive action. Great the slaughter is Here made by the Roman; great the answer be Britons must take. Shak.
APPEALABLE a.
That may be accused or called to answer by appeal; as, a criminal is appealable for manslaughter. [Obs.]
ATTEMPT v.
, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt. [Obs. or Archaic] It made the laughter of an afternoon That Vivien should attempt the blameless king. Thackeray.
AVENGE v.
rongdoer. He will avenge the blood of his servants. Deut. xxxii. 43. Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold. Milton. He had avenged himself on them by havoc such as England had never before seen. Macaulay.
BATTUE n.
The wanton slaughter of game. Howitt.
BEEF n.
The flesh of an ox, or cow, or of any adult bovine animal, when slaughtered for food.
BLOOD n.
The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction. So wills the fierce, avenging sprite, Till blood for blood atones. Hood.
BLOODLESS a.
Not attended with shedding of blood, or slaughter; as, a bloodless victory. Froude.
BLOODSHED n.
The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder.
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