Definition of slaughter

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  • slaughter is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 13
  • slaughter is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 13
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Definition of slaughter

  • the savage and excessive killing of many people (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. butchery
    2. carnage
    3. mass murder
    4. massacre
  • kill a large number of people indiscriminately (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. massacre
    2. mow down
  • kill (animals) usually for food consumption (verb)

    Examples

    1. They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter

    Synonyms

    1. butcher
  • a sound defeat (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. debacle
    2. drubbing
    3. thrashing
    4. trouncing
    5. walloping
    6. whipping
  • the killing of animals (as for food) (noun)

See definition of slaughter in Merriam Webster