n.
Function: verb
1 to kill (animals) for food FF1C; slaughtered a steer for the winter FF1E;
Synonyms: butcher, slay
Related Words: stick
2 to kill (a person) in an especially bloody or barbarous manner FF1C; Jack the Ripper slaughtered his victims with a knife FF1E;
Synonyms: butcher, slay
Related Words: kill, murder, ||total, ||waste; maim, mangle, mutilate, torture
3 to kill (people) in large numbers FF1C; millions slaughtered in death camps FF1E;
Synonyms: annihilate, decimate, exterminate, massacre, wipe (out)