slaughter

/slˈɔːtɐ/

/ˈsɫɔtɝ/

Slaughter

the killing of animals for food, often done on a large scale in industrial settings

suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense)

a sound defeat

synonyms : debacle

the savage and excessive killing of many people

synonyms : butchery

to slaughter

MAIN VERB

kill (animals) usually for food consumption

synonyms : butcher

kill a large number of people indiscriminately

synonyms : massacre

Examples

1. He learned the hard way that pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered.

2. Humans slaughtered the great herds.

3. Thousands were slaughtered.

4. Their livestock was slaughtered.