slaughter

noun

  1. 1

    the killing of animals (as for food)

  2. 2

    the savage and excessive killing of many people

  3. 3

    a sound defeat

verb

  1. 1

    kill a large number of people indiscriminately

    The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda

  2. 2

    kill (animals) usually for food consumption

    They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter

Synonyms

Also useful for “slaughter”:Unscrambler