The term "slaughter" refers to killing a large number of animals or people, or to killing in a violent way. It can also refer to killing an animal for the purpose of eating it.
* "Weapons of slaughter" could be translated as "weapons for killing."
* The expression, "the slaughter was very great" could also be translated as "a large number were killed" or "the number of deaths was very great" or "a terribly high number of people died."
* Other ways to translate "slaughter" could include, "kill" or "slay" or "killing."