1. (verb)slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery the savage and excessive killing of many people Synonyms: trouncing, thrashing, abattoir, debacle, walloping, mass murder, drubbing, butchery, whipping, butchering, carnage, slaughterhouse, shambles, massacre, slaughter
2. (verb)massacre, slaughter, mow down kill a large number of people indiscriminately Synonyms: butcher, massacre, mow down, slaughter