slaughter

About 4.25 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The killing of animals, generally for food.
2. noun A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.
3. noun A mass destruction of non-living things.
4. noun A rout or decisive defeat.
5. noun (Can we verify this sense?) A group of iguanas.
6. verb To butcher animals, generally for food.
7. verb To massacre people in large numbers.
8. verb To kill someone or something, especially in a particularly brutal manner.

Similar words

butchery butcher whipping thrashing drubbing mow down massacre carnage walloping debacle

Often followed by

of and in was house the houses on at

Word family

slaughtered slaughterer slaughterers slaughtering slaughters