Translation of "slaughter" to French

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Dictionary translations for "slaughter"

slaughter [ˈslɔ:tə] noun

pl. slaughters

le massacre m (milit)

The slaughter of the prisoners was a barbarous act.

Le massacre des prisonniers était un acte barbare.

l' abattage m (animal)

le carnage m (crime)

slaughter [ˈslɔ:tə] verb Conjugation

slaughtered / slaughtered / slaughtering / slaughters

abattre (animals)

assassiner (crime)

Contexts with "slaughter"

The slaughter of the prisoners was a barbarous act. Le massacre des prisonniers était un acte barbare.

How can you just stand there and do nothing while your countrymen are slaughtered? Comment pouvez-vous rester là à ne rien faire pendant que vos compatriotes sont massacrés ?

And when innocents in Bosnia and Darfur are slaughtered, that is a stain on our collective conscience. Et quand des innocents en Bosnie et au Darfour sont massacrés, c'est une tache sur notre conscience collective.

Commentators have variously described the sound of vuvuzelas as "annoying" and "satanic" and compared it with "a stampede of noisy elephants", "a deafening swarm of locusts", "a goat on the way to slaughter", "a giant hive full of very angry bees", and "a duck on speed". Les commentateurs ont décrit le son des vuvuzelas comme "épuisant" et "satanique" et l'ont comparé avec "un troupeau d'éléphants en furie", "un amas assourdissant de sauterelles", "une chèvre allant à l'abattoir", "une gigantesque ruche remplie d'abeilles en furie", et à un "canard drogué aux amphétamines".

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