slaughter
verb [T] /ˈslɔː.tər/
/ˈslɑː.t̬ɚ/ Definition
› to cruelly and unfairly kill a lot of people: Thousands of people were slaughtered in the civil war.Murder and attempted murderKilling › to kill an animal for meat: The animals are slaughtered in abattoirs.KillingMurder and attempted murderAnimal farming - general words › to defeat someone very easily: England slaughtered Germany 5–1 at football.Winning and defeatingScoring, winning and losing in sport
(Definition of slaughter verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- assassinate verb
- assassination noun
- attempt noun
- blow sb away phrasal verb (KILL)
- blow sb's brains out idiom
- infanticide noun
- knock sb off phrasal verb (MURDER)
- lynch law noun
- lynch verb
- manslaughter noun
- polish sb off phrasal verb
- pop sb off phrasal verb
- put sb to the sword idiom
- regicide noun
- rub sb out phrasal verb
- send sb to eternity idiom
- slaughter noun
- smother verb (COVER)
- strangle verb
- suffocate verb (DIE)
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