SLAUGHTER
Scrabble letter values: S1L1A1U1G2H4T1E1R1 = 13
Definition
- verb kill (animals) usually for food consumption. — synonyms: butcher
- verb kill a large number of people indiscriminately. — synonyms: massacre, mow_down
- noun the killing of animals (as for food).
- noun a sound defeat. — synonyms: thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, trouncing, whipping
- noun the savage and excessive killing of many people. — synonyms: massacre, mass_murder, carnage, butchery
Examples
- “They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter”
- “The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda”