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Meaning & Definition of Slaughter in English

English

Slaughter

/slɔtər/

noun

1. The killing of animals (as for food)

synonym:
  • slaughter

2. A sound defeat

synonym:
  • thrashing,
  • walloping,
  • debacle,
  • drubbing,
  • slaughter,
  • trouncing,
  • whipping

3. The savage and excessive killing of many people

synonym:
  • slaughter,
  • massacre,
  • mass murder,
  • carnage,
  • butchery

verb

1. Kill (animals) usually for food consumption

  • "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"
synonym:
  • butcher,
  • slaughter

2. Kill a large number of people indiscriminately

  • "The hutus massacred the tutsis in rwanda"
synonym:
  • massacre,
  • slaughter,
  • mow down