Slaughter Explained

Slaughter may refer to:

Animals

• Animal slaughter, the killing of animals for various purposes
  • Ritual slaughter, the practice of slaughtering livestock in a ritual manner
    • Dhabihah, the prescribed method of ritual slaughter of animals excluding camels, locusts, fish and most sea life in Islamic law
    • Shechita, the ritual slaughter of mammals and birds according to Jewish dietary laws

Murder

• Murder
  • Manslaughter
  • Massacre
  • Mass murder

People

• Slaughter (surname)
• Sgt. Slaughter (born 1948), stage name of Robert Rudolph Remus, a pro wrestler

Places

• Lower Slaughter, in Gloucestershire, England
• Upper Slaughter, also in Gloucestershire
• Slaughter, Louisiana, United States
• Slaughter, Washington, United States renamed Auburn, Washington February 21, 1893
• Slaughter Lane, a former name of Brewer Street, Oxford, England

Entertainment

Film

• Slaughter (1972 film), a 1972 film starring Jim Brown and Stella Stevens
• Snuff (film), originally titled Slaughter in 1972, retitled for its wider 1976 release
• Slaughter (2009 film), a 2009 film from After Dark Films

Music

• Slaughter (band), an American hard rock band
• Slaughter (Canadian band), a Canadian thrash metal band
• "Slaughter" (song), Billy Preston's theme song to the 1972 film of the same name
• Slaughter (album), a 2015 album by Young Wicked
• The Slaughter, an album by American heavy metal band Incite
• Slaughter & the Dogs, a British punk band
• Slaughterhouse (group), an American hip hop group

Other

• Chicago Slaughter, professional indoor football team
• Slaughter and May, a City of London law firm
• Slátur, an Icelandic food like haggis or blood pudding

See also

• Bloodbath (disambiguation)
• Butchering
• Slaughterhouse, a facility where animals are slaughtered