butchery

butchery

noun

Definition of BUTCHERY

the killing of a large number of people <butchery on a scale that horrified the civilized world>

Synonyms bloodbath, butchery, carnage, death, holocaust, slaughter

Related Words bloodletting, bloodshed, foul play, homicide, killing, manslaughter, murder, slaying; mortality; annihilation, decimation, demolishing, destruction, devastation, eradication, extermination; genocide, pogrom; assassination, execution