 slaughter |
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| 1. | [ noun ] the killing of animals (as for food) | |
| Related terms: | killing butchery | |
| 2. | [ verb ] kill (animals) usually for food consumption | |
| Synonyms: | butcher | |
| Examples: | "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter" |
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| Related terms: | kill chine butchery abattoir butcher butcher cut | |
| 3. | [ verb ] kill a large number of people indiscriminately | |
| Synonyms: | massacre mow_down | |
| Examples: | "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda" |
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| Related terms: | kill massacre | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a sound defeat | |
| Synonyms: | walloping debacle drubbing trouncing whipping thrashing | |
| Related terms: | defeat bat worst wallop | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (law,criminal law) the wanton killing of many people | |
| Synonyms: | mass_murder carnage butchery massacre | |
| Related terms: | murder killing Alamo Little_Bighorn bloodbath butcher | |
| 6. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 1011 | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (law,criminal law) the savage and excessive killing of people | |
| Synonyms: | butchery carnage | |
| Related terms: | murder bloodbath | |
| Similar spelling: |
slaughterer slaughterous slight Slaght sleight slouched slightest slouch_hat |
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