3. (verb)slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery the savage and excessive killing of many people Synonyms: trouncing, thrashing, abattoir, debacle, walloping, massmurder, drubbing, butchery, whipping, butchering, carnage, slaughterhouse, shambles, massacre, slaughter
4. (verb)butcher, slaughter kill (animals) usually for food consumption Synonyms: butcher, massacre, mow down, slaughter
5. (verb)massacre, slaughter, mow down kill a large number of people indiscriminately Synonyms: butcher, massacre, mow down, slaughter
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'slaughter'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. slaughter To kill is simply to deprive of life, human, animal, or vegetable, with no suggestion of how or why. Assassinate, execute, murder, apply only to the taking of human life; to murder is to k Synonyms: kill, assassinate, despatch, massacre, put to death, slay, butcher, execute, murder, slaughter
Synonyms for slaughter 
