I. noun
Synonyms: massacre , bloodbath, bloodshed, butchery, carnage
Related Word: slaughtery; annihilation, destruction
II. verb
1.
to kill (animals) for food
slaughtered a steer for the winter
Synonyms: butcher, slay
Related Word: stick
2.
to kill (a person) in an especially bloody or barbarous manner
Jack the Ripper slaughtered his victims with a knife
Synonyms: butcher, slay
Related Word: kill, murder, ||total, ||waste; maim, mangle, mutilate, torture
3.
to kill (people) in large numbers
millions slaughtered in death camps
Synonyms: annihilate, decimate, exterminate, massacre, wipe (out)