SLAUGHTERING Synonyms
There are 6 hypernyms of the word slaughtering. (close relations)
slaughters
Best Alternative Words for SLAUGHTERING
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massacre | nounn | |||||||
noun • the savage and excessive killing of many people verb • kill a large number of people indiscriminately | ||||||||
butchery | nounn | |||||||
noun • a building where animals are butchered • the business of a butcher • the savage and excessive killing of many people | ||||||||
annihilation | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • destruction by annihilating something • total destruction | ||||||||
execution | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • putting a condemned person to death • the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it • (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer • (law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable • a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out • the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order • unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being | ||||||||
extermination | nounn | |||||||
noun • complete annihilation • the act of exterminating | ||||||||
killing | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an event that causes someone to die • the act of terminating a life • a very large profit adjective satellite • very funny | ||||||||
slaying | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being | ||||||||
butcher | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a retailer of meat • a brutal indiscriminate murderer • a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market • someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence verb • kill (animals) usually for food consumption | ||||||||
carnage | nounn | |||||||
noun • the savage and excessive killing of many people | ||||||||
debacle | nounn | |||||||
noun • a sudden and violent collapse • flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer • a sound defeat | ||||||||
drubbing | nounn | |||||||
noun • a sound defeat • the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows | ||||||||
thrashing | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a sound defeat • the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows | ||||||||
trouncing | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a sound defeat • the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows | ||||||||
walloping | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • a sound defeat adjective satellite • (used informally) very large | ||||||||
whipping | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment • a sound defeat • a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally • the act of overcoming or outdoing adjective satellite • smart and fashionable | ||||||||
mass murder | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • the savage and excessive killing of many people | ||||||||
mow down | verbv | |||||||
verb • kill a large number of people indiscriminately |