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Slaughter

🔄 Synonyms of "Slaughter"

11 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
carnagenoun	Death and destruction.
debaclenoun	(figurative) An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences.
butcherynoun	The butchering of meat.
butchernoun	A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
thrashingnoun	Action of the verb to thrash.
whippingnoun	(uncountable) A cooking technique in which air is incorporated into cream to produce whipped cream.
massacrenoun	The killing of a considerable number (usually limited to people) where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and/or contrary to civilized norms.
wallopingnoun	(slang) whopping, large in size.
drubbingnoun	A thorough defeat.
trouncingnoun	the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
mow downverb	(transitive) To cut down, especially in large numbers.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Slaughter"

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Word	Definition
butcherynoun	The butchering of meat.
butchernoun	A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
whippingnoun	(uncountable) A cooking technique in which air is incorporated into cream to produce whipped cream.
thrashingnoun	Action of the verb to thrash.
drubbingnoun	A thorough defeat.
mow downverb	(transitive) To cut down, especially in large numbers.
massacrenoun	The killing of a considerable number (usually limited to people) where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and/or contrary to civilized norms.
carnagenoun	Death and destruction.
wallopingnoun	A series of wallops or blows; a beating.
debaclenoun	(figurative) An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences.
trouncingnoun	the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
slaughterhousenoun	A place where animals are slaughtered.
abattoirnoun	A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
meatnoun	(uncountable) The flesh (muscle tissue) of an animal used as food, or a food designed to replicate its taste and texture (like plant-based meat).
beefnoun	(uncountable) The meat from cattle or other bovines.
harvestnoun	(agriculture) The process of gathering the ripened crop; harvesting.
harvestingnoun	(agriculture) The gathering of a mature crop; a harvest.
loggingnoun	An act or instance of logging (cutting down trees).
fellingnoun	The act by which something is felled.
cuttingnoun	(countable, uncountable) The action of the verb to cut.