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slaughter
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the killing of a large number of people all civilized nations should protest this senseless slaughter Synonyms bloodbath, butchery, carnage, death, holocaust, massacreRelated Words bloodletting, bloodshed, foul play, homicide, killing, manslaughter, murder, slaying; mortality; annihilation, decimation, demolishing, destruction, devastation, eradication, extermination; genocide, pogrom; assassination, execution
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slaughter
Synonyms and Antonyms of slaughter
to kill on a large scale modern poultry farms slaughter a vast number of chickens every day Synonyms butcher, mow (down), massacreRelated Words assassinate, croak [slang], dispatch, do in, execute, fell, murder, slay, smite, snuff; annihilate, blot out, decimate, demolish, destroy, devastate, eradicate, exterminate, waste, wipe out
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