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The Meaning of slaughter

  • (v. t.) The act of killing.
  • (v. t.) The extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage.
  • (v. t.) The act of killing cattle or other beasts for market.
  • (v. t.) To visit with great destruction of life; to kill; to slay in battle.
  • (v. t.) To butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts.

Synonyms

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

Rhymes

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