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slaughter

/'slɔtər/

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noun
the savage and excessive killing of many people
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butchery carnage mass murder massacre

type of:
execution murder slaying
verb
kill a large number of people indiscriminately
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massacre mow down

type of:
kill
verb
kill (animals) usually for food consumption
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"They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"

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butcher

type of:
kill
noun
a sound defeat
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debacle drubbing thrashing trouncing walloping whipping

type of:
licking defeat
noun
the killing of animals (as for food)
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type of:
putting to death kill killing

part of:
butchering butchery

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