wholesale slaughter

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• Wholesale — Whole sale , a. 1. Pertaining to, or engaged in, trade by the piece or large quantity; selling to retailers or jobbers rather than to consumers; as, a wholesale merchant; the wholesale price. [1913 Webster] 2. Extensive and indiscriminate; as,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• slaughter — [slôt′ər] n. [ME slahter < ON slātr, lit., slain flesh, contr. < slattr, akin to OE sleaht, slaughter, death: for IE base see SLAY] 1. the killing of an animal or animals for food; butchering 2. the killing of a human being, esp. in a… …   English World dictionary

• wholesale — [[t]ho͟ʊlseɪl[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT: usu N n Wholesale is the activity of buying and selling goods in large quantities and therefore at cheaper prices, usually to shopkeepers who then sell them to the public. Compare retail. Warehouse clubs allow… …   English dictionary

• slaughter — n. indiscriminate, mass, wanton, wholesale slaughter * * * [ slɔːtə] mass wanton wholesale slaughter indiscriminate …   Combinatory dictionary

• wholesale — I. noun Date: 15th century the sale of commodities in quantity usually for resale (as by a retail merchant) II. adjective Date: 1642 1. performed or existing on a large scale especially without discrimination < wholesale slaughter > 2. of,… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• slaughter — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ indiscriminate, mass, wholesale ▪ the indiscriminate slaughter of civilians ▪ brutal, senseless, terrible …   Collocations dictionary

• wholesale — /ˈhoʊlseɪl / (say hohlsayl) noun 1. the sale of commodities in large quantities, as to retailers or jobbers rather than to consumers directly (distinguished from retail). –adjective 2. of, relating to, or engaged in sale by wholesale. 3.… …  

• wholesale — adj. Wholesale is used with these nouns: ↑banking, ↑business, ↑change, ↑condemnation, ↑destruction, ↑dismissal, ↑distribution, ↑distributor, ↑division, ↑electricity, ↑massacre, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• slaughter — n 1.(all of animals) killing, butchering, chopping, cutting, carving; trimming, slicing, dismembering, mincing; abattage. 2. murder, homicide, manslaughter, assassination, slaying, killing; bloodshed, bloodletting, butchery, death by violence,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• slaughter — Synonyms and related words: annihilate, annihilation, assault, attack, bane, barbarize, batter, battering, blood, bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, blue ruin, braining, breakup, brutalize, burn, butcher, butchering, butchery, carnage, carry on …   Moby Thesaurus

• Battle of Ceresole — Infobox Military Conflict conflict= Battle of Ceresole partof= the Italian War of 1542–46 caption= Movements before the battle; the Imperial advance from Asti is shown in red and Enghien s march from Carignano in blue. date= April 11 1544 place=… …   Wikipedia