What is another word for slaughter?

Common synonyms for slaughter include thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, trouncing, whipping.

What is the plural of slaughter?

The plural of slaughter is slaughters.

The past tense of slaughter is slaughtered.

/ˈsloːtə/noun, verb2 syllables

Slaughter means: a sound defeat.

noun, as in a sound defeat

thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, trouncing, whipping

noun, as in the savage and excessive killing of many people

massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery

verb, as in kill a large number of people indiscriminately

massacre, mow down

verb, as in kill (animals) usually for food consumption

also used for slaughter

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noun

a sound defeat

the savage and excessive killing of many people

the killing of animals (as for food)

verb

kill a large number of people indiscriminately“The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda”

kill (animals) usually for food consumption“They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

two syllables

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He immediately goes after her, like an ox to the slaughter.AlanF_US
He immediately follows her, like an ox to the slaughter.AlanF_US
After making red curry, the kitchen looked like there had been a ritual slaughter.acell
There was a slaughter, and we didn't have the courage to intervene.AlanF_US
Bulls make money, bears make money, hogs get slaughtered.cafe
The slaughter of the prisoners was a barbarous act.CM
The enemy committed a horrible slaughter in the city.AKINCI81
Many conservationists fear the continuing slaughter of whales is pushing these animals towards extinction.patgfisher

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