1. (

• slaughter

) the killing of animals (as for food) ;

2. (

• thrashing ,
• walloping ,
• debacle ,
• drubbing ,
• slaughter ,
• trouncing ,
• whipping

) a sound defeat ;

3. (

• slaughter ,
• massacre ,
• mass_murder ,
• carnage ,
• butchery ,

) the savage and excessive killing of many people ;

1. (

• butcher ,
• slaughter

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

2. (

• massacre ,
• slaughter ,
• mow_down

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