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slaughter

noun
  1. the killing of animals (as for food)
  2. the savage and excessive killing of many people
    massacremass murdercarnagebutchery
  3. a sound defeat
    wallopingwhippingthrashingdrubbingtrouncingdebacle
verb
  1. kill a large number of people indiscriminately
    massacremow down
  2. kill (animals) usually for food consumption
    “They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter”
    butcher