SLAUGHTER

Definition

1. verb kill (animals) usually for food consumption. — synonyms: butcher
2. verb kill a large number of people indiscriminately. — synonyms: massacre, mow_down
3. noun the killing of animals (as for food).
4. noun a sound defeat. — synonyms: thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, trouncing, whipping
5. noun the savage and excessive killing of many people. — synonyms: massacre, mass_murder, carnage, butchery