Synonyms: slaughter
Definition: the killing of animals (as for food)
Similar words: kill, killing, putting to death
Definition: the act of terminating a life
Synonyms: slaughter, butchery, carnage, mass murder, massacre
Definition: the savage and excessive killing of many people
Similar words: execution, slaying, murder
Definition: unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
Synonyms: slaughter, whipping, walloping, trouncing, thrashing, debacle, drubbing
Definition: a sound defeat
Similar words: licking, defeat
Definition: an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
Usage: it was a narrow defeat; the army's only defeat; they suffered a convincing licking
Synonyms: massacre, slaughter, mow down
Definition: kill a large number of people indiscriminately
Usage: The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda
Similar words: kill
Definition: cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
Usage: This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank; The farmer killed a pig for the holidays
Definition: kill (animals) usually for food consumption
Usage: They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter
Similar words: kill
Definition: cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
Usage: This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank; The farmer killed a pig for the holidays