the killing or butchering of cattle, sheep, etc., esp. for food.

the brutal or violent killing of a person.

the killing of great numbers of people or animals indiscriminately; carnage

the slaughter of war.

to kill or butcher (animals), esp. for food.

to kill in a brutal or violent manner.

to slay in great numbers; massacre.

Informal . to defeat thoroughly; trounce

They slaughtered our team.

noun

birth

verb

bear , create , give birth

noun

annihilation , bloodbath , bloodshed , butchery , carnage , destruction , extermination , liquidation , massacre , murder , slaying , bloodletting , pogrom , aceldama , armageddon , butchery. killing , hecatomb , holocaust

verb

butcher , crush , decimate , defeat , destroy , do in* exterminate , finish , liquidate , maim , mangle , massacre , murder , mutilate , overwhelm , rout , slay , stick , thrash , torture , total* trounce , vanquish , waste , wipe out * , annihilate , bloodbath , bloodshed , butchery , carnage , destruction , hecatomb , kill , killing , liquidation , pogrom , trounce