slaughter
Translation
to slaughter, to butcher, to massacre
Examples
The cattle are slaughtered for beef.
The cattle are slaughtered for beef.
Countless innocent people were slaughtered.
Countless innocent people were slaughtered.
Our team was slaughtered 5-0 in the final.
Our team was slaughtered 5-0 in the final.
Grammar Patterns
((sb./sth.)) to kill (animals) for meat; to kill (people) cruelly and in large numbers Countless innocent people were slaughtered.
((sb.)) to defeat (sb.) easily and by a large margin Our team was slaughtered 5-0 in the final.
Similar Words
Synonyms: massacre, butcher, slay, annihilate
Etymology
From Old Norse 'slátr' (butcher's meat), related to 'slay'.
Memory Tips
Notice it contains the word 'slay'. It implies killing on a large and often brutal scale.