slaughter
/slˈɔtɝ/
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Definitions
Noun
the killing of animals (as for food)
Noun
a sound defeat
Noun
the savage and excessive killing of many people
Verb
kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"
Verb
kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda"
Synonyms
butcher
butchery
carnage
debacle
drubbing
mass murder
massacre
mow down
thrashing
trouncing
walloping
whipping