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slaughter

n. the killing of animals (as for food)

slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery

n. the savage and excessive killing of many people

butcher, slaughter

v. kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"

massacre, slaughter, mow down

v. kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda"

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holocaust

n. an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire); "a nuclear holocaust"

conflagration, inferno

n. a very intense and uncontrolled fire

annihilation, obliteration

n. destruction by annihilating something

extermination, liquidation

n. the act of exterminating

bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, battue

n. indiscriminate slaughter; "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"; "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"; "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder"; "a huge prison battue was ordered"

slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery

n. the savage and excessive killing of many people

pogrom

n. organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews)

kill

n. the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission"

massacre, mass murder

n. the savage and excessive killing of many people

butchery, butchering

n. the business of a butcher

holocaust

n. an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire); "a nuclear holocaust"

pogrom

n. organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews)

slaughter

n. the killing of animals (as for food)

massacre, slaughter, mow down

v. kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda"

dispatch

v. kill without delay; "the traitor was dispatched by the conspirators"

destroy, ruin

v. destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"

demolish, destroy

v. defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors"

dispatch

v. kill without delay; "the traitor was dispatched by the conspirators"

butcher, slaughter

v. kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"

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