slaughter

Nouns

(n) the killing of animals (as for food)
(n) a sound defeat drubbing, thrashing, trouncing, walloping, whipping, debacle,
(n) the savage and excessive killing of many people carnage, massacre, mass murder, butchery,

Verbs

(v) kill (animals) usually for food consumption
- They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter
butcher,
(v) kill a large number of people indiscriminately
- The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda
massacre, mow down,

Synonyms

butcher massacre mow down drubbing thrashing trouncing walloping whipping debacle carnage mass murder butchery

Words of close approximity

slaughterer slaughterhouse slaughterous