Slaughter

What do we mean by slaughter?

The killing of animals especially for food. noun

The killing of a large number of people; a massacre. noun

To kill (animals) especially for food; butcher. transitive verb

To kill (people) in large numbers; massacre. transitive verb

To kill in a violent or brutal manner. transitive verb

The act of slaying or killing, especially of many persons or animals. noun

Applied to beasts, butchery; the killing of oxen, sheep, or other animals for market. noun

Great or sweeping reduction in the price of goods offered for sale. noun

Synonyms Havoc. See kill. noun

To kill; slay; especially, to kill wantonly, ruthlessly, or in great numbers; massacre: as, to slaughter men in battle.

To butcher; kill, as animals for the market or for food: as, to slaughter oxen or sheep.

To visit with great destruction of life; to kill; to slay in battle. transitive verb

To butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts. transitive verb

The extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage. noun

The act of killing cattle or other beasts for market. noun

The killing of animals, generally for food; ritual slaughter (kosher and halal). noun

A massacre; the killing of a large number of people. noun

A rout or decisive defeat. noun

To butcher animals, generally for food verb

The killing of animals, generally for food.

A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.

A rout or decisive defeat.

Words that are spelled similarly to slaughter:
slaughter, laughter, flaughter, daughter, laugher, slighter, slaughterer, straughter, slaughters, flaugher, sloughier, laughner.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word slaughter:
eunuchs, halal, kosher, calves, cows, rancher, cow, stunning, calf, humane, meat, pigs, bison, cattle, beef, livestock, animals, sheep, pig, animal, innocent, sacrifice, massacre, ritual, prohibited, horses, ranch, dogs, warrior, pen, jews, welfare, consumption, killing, bull, permitted, indoor, ban, rabbi, buffalo, banned, muslim, horror.

Words that rhyme with slaughter:
water, mater, imprimatur, daughter, otter, totter, potter, alma mater, manslaughter, granddaughter, backwater, underwater, trotter, scoter, wastewater, freshwater, cotter, squatter, groundwater, blotter, breakwater, saltwater, spotter, rainwater, dotter, dura mater, plotter, rotter, whitewater, clotter, tauter, seawater, sweetwater, cottar, meltwater, yachter, stepdaughter, jotter, hotter, tap water, floodwater, tidewater, deepwater, motter, tonic water, pia mater, hard water, fresh water, stillwater, body of water, sea otter, white water, holy water, headwater, coldwater, clearwater, soda water, ground water, drinkwater, blow out of the water, vichy water, knotter, spring water, goldwater, lotter, mineral water, sugar water, high water, sparkling water, first water, come hell or high water, goter, break water, heavy water, notter, bridgewater, drinking water, ice water, well water, rose water, toilet water, bowater, slack water, make water, quinine water, treading water, police blotter, kotter, barley water, distilled water, soft water, take in water, pass water, bath water, bywater, carbonated water, cologne water, low water, river otter, making water.

Adjectives that are often used to describe slaughter:
great, wholesale, terrible, indiscriminate, dreadful, mutual, mass, general, much, fearful, senseless, immense, considerable, useless, wanton, horrible, bloody, frightful, cruel, greatest, ruthless, immediate, heavy, prodigious, awful, systematic, annual, merciless, needless, massive, brutal, tremendous, terrific, unnecessary, self, sacrificial, appalling, man, enormous, promiscuous, vast, savage, animal, mere, gainst, pre, hog, kosher, cow, widespread, subsequent, scale, deliberate, humane, universal, incredible, reckless, hideous, nazi, blooded, imperialist, horrid, unprecedented, ghastly, endless, mighty, genocidal, treacherous, compulsory, impending, inhuman, unprovoked, barbarous, ritual, pitiless, worst, ceremonial, futile.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective slaughter:
house, houses, defoe, cattle, animals, withdrawal, weight, plants, pigs, hogs, weights, households, age, lambs, prices, barrows, numbers, burley, patterns, dafoe, infernal, points, stock, pen, steers, swine.

Consonant match to slaughter:
slutty, slater, slaty, slitter, sleety, slitty, slighty, slighter, slatey, slatter, sleighty, slota, sliter, slot a, slat to, slate a, slate he, slayter, sleator, sleeter, slew to, slew two, slight a, slight eye, slight he, slight her, slight high, slight i, slit a, slit he, slit her, slot he, slot t, slot to, sluiter, slur to, sluyter, slyter.

Words that sound like slaughter:
slaughter, slotter, slater, slatter, slitter, slighter, sliter, sluter, slaughtered, slider, slaughterer, slaughters, sautter, sledder, sluder, slidder, slot, swatter, souter, sea otter, sloucher, slott, swotter, sowter, slut, sweater, slower, sweeter, slate, slayer, slit, sitter, slight, setter, splatter, sleet, suitor, slutty, seater, slasher, splitter, sleight, slat, splutter, sutter, suiter, satr, slighty, sauder, sater, slattern, sloot, satre, satter, slattery, slaty, suter, slet, sloat, slusher, sleat, slyer, sleety, sighter, sooter, slaters, sutor, soter, saluter, citer, sleer, slier, snotter, slitty, sator, sluit, soul eater, sawder, slatt, sluttery, citar, sattar, seiter, slatey, sleigher, slota, sitor, slitters, citr, sleighty, slitta, zloty, elater, schlatter, schluter, schlater, flaughter, schlueter, scouter, slogger.