Slaughter

//ˈslɔtɚ//

Synonyms for "slaughter" (188 found)

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Closest matches (38)

Noun(2 words)
butcherycarnage

Strong matches (56)

Noun(2 words)
debacledrubbing

Related words (94)

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6 relation types

More general

9 entries

Synonyms

10 entries

derived

14 entries

is a

2 entries

part of

1 entries

related to

12 entries

Translations

318 translations across 72 languages.

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Albanian

4 entries
  • masakër noun (killing of many people)
  • ploje noun (killing of animals)
  • therje noun (killing of many people)
  • pre verb (to butcher animals, generally for food)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • σφαγή noun (killing of animals)
  • σφάζω verb (to butcher animals, generally for food)

Arabic

4 entries
  • تَقْتِيل noun (killing of many people)
  • ذَبح noun (killing of animals)
  • ذَبْح noun (killing of animals)
  • مَذْبَحَة noun (killing of many people)

Armenian

4 entries
  • կոտորած noun (killing of many people)
  • սպանդ noun (killing of animals)
  • սպանդ noun (killing of many people)
  • կոտորել verb (to massacre people in large numbers)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • qətliam noun (killing of many people)

Basque

1 entries
  • akabatu verb (to butcher animals, generally for food)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • бо́йня noun (killing of many people)
  • разня́ noun (killing of many people)
  • разні́ца noun (killing of many people)

Bengali

1 entries
  • হত্যা verb (to butcher animals, generally for food)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • клане́ noun (killing of animals)
  • клане́ noun (killing of many people)
  • разгро́м noun (a decisive defeat)
  • сеч noun (killing of many people)

Catalan

2 entries
  • massacre noun (killing of many people)
  • matança noun (killing of many people)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • سەر بڕین noun (killing of many people)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 宰殺 /宰杀 noun (killing of animals)
  • 屠宰 noun (killing of animals)
  • 屠殺 /屠杀 noun (killing of many people)
  • 慘案 /惨案 noun (killing of many people)

Cyrillic

1 entries
  • хядлага noun (killing of many people)

Czech

4 entries
  • masakr noun (killing of many people)
  • porážka noun (killing of animals)
  • porazit verb (to butcher animals, generally for food)
  • porážet verb (to butcher animals, generally for food)

Danish

2 entries
  • slakt noun (killing of animals)
  • slagte verb (to butcher animals, generally for food)

Dutch

4 entries
  • afslachting noun (killing of many people)
  • bloedbad noun (killing of many people)
  • slacht noun (killing of animals)
  • slachtpartij noun (killing of many people)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • d:n-d:T31 verb (to butcher animals, generally for food)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • masakro noun (killing of many people)
  • buĉi verb (to butcher animals, generally for food)

Estonian

1 entries
  • tapatalg noun (killing of many people)

Finnish

4 entries
  • joukkomurha noun (killing of many people)
  • lahtaus noun (killing of animals)
  • lahtaus noun (killing of many people)
  • lahti noun (killing of animals)

French

4 entries
  • abattage noun (killing of animals)
  • carnage noun (killing of many people)
  • massacre noun (killing of many people)
  • tuerie noun (killing of many people)

Galician

3 entries
  • mata noun (killing of animals)
  • matanza noun (killing of animals)
  • matanza noun (killing of many people)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ხოცვა-ჟლეტა noun (killing of many people)

German

4 entries
  • Gemetzel noun (killing of many people)
  • Keulung noun (killing of animals)
  • Metzelei noun (killing of many people)
  • Notschlachtung noun (killing of animals)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 noun (killing of animals)

Greek

4 entries
  • σφαγή noun (killing of animals)
  • σφαγή noun (killing of many people)
  • σφαγή noun (a decisive defeat)
  • κατακρεουργώ verb (to kill in a particularly brutal manner)

Hawaiian

2 entries
  • luku verb (to massacre people in large numbers)
  • pepehi verb (to butcher animals, generally for food)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • טֶבַח noun (killing of many people)
  • שְׁחִיטָה noun (killing of animals)
  • זָבַח verb (to butcher animals, generally for food)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • mészárlás noun (killing of animals)
  • mészárlás noun (killing of many people)
  • öldöklés noun (killing of many people)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • slátrun noun (killing of many people)
  • slátra verb (to butcher animals, generally for food)
  • slátra verb (to massacre people in large numbers)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • tappajaiset noun (killing of animals)
  • tappaa verb (to butcher animals, generally for food)

Irish

3 entries
  • eirleach noun (killing of many people)
  • ár noun (killing of many people)
  • ár noun (a decisive defeat)

Italian

4 entries
  • carneficina noun (killing of many people)
  • massacro noun (killing of many people)
  • massacro noun (killing of many people)
  • mattanza noun (killing of animals)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 屠殺 noun (killing of animals)
  • 惨殺 noun (killing of many people)
  • 殺戮 noun (killing of many people)
  • 殺生 noun (killing of animals)

Korean

1 entries
  • 학살 noun (killing of many people)

Kven

1 entries
  • lahđata verb (to butcher animals, generally for food)

Latin

4 entries
  • nex noun (killing of animals)
  • nex noun (killing of many people)
  • nex noun (a decisive defeat)
  • trucīdātiō noun (killing of animals)

Latvian

2 entries
  • slaktiņš noun (killing of many people)
  • nokaut verb (to butcher animals, generally for food)

Lithuanian

3 entries
  • skerdynės noun (killing of many people)
  • žudynės noun (killing of many people)
  • skersti verb (to butcher animals, generally for food)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • колеж noun (killing of many people)
  • масакр noun (killing of many people)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • sombily verb (to butcher animals, generally for food)

Malay

2 entries
  • penyembelihan noun (killing of animals)
  • sembelih verb (to butcher animals, generally for food)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᠸᠠᠮᠪᡳ noun (killing of animals)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • хядах verb (to butcher animals, generally for food)

Māori

4 entries
  • hingahinga noun (killing of many people)
  • parekura noun (killing of many people)
  • parewhero noun (killing of many people)
  • tārukenga noun (killing of many people)

Nahuatl

3 entries
  • mictia verb (to butcher animals, generally for food)
  • mictia verb (to massacre people in large numbers)
  • mictia verb (to kill in a particularly brutal manner)

Navajo

1 entries
  • náʼáʼah noun (killing of animals)

Norwegian

4 entries
  • massakrere verb (to massacre people in large numbers)
  • slakte verb (to butcher animals, generally for food)
  • slakte verb (to massacre people in large numbers)
  • slakte verb (to kill in a particularly brutal manner)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • slakt noun (killing of animals)
  • slakt noun (killing of many people)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • niiwana' noun (killing of many people)

Old Irish

2 entries
  • ár noun (killing of many people)
  • ár noun (a decisive defeat)

Old Tupi

1 entries
  • apiti verb (to massacre people in large numbers)

Oromo

1 entries
  • qaluu noun (killing of animals)

Persian

2 entries
  • کشتار noun (killing of animals)
  • کشتار noun (killing of many people)

Polish

4 entries
  • masakra noun (killing of many people)
  • pogrom noun (killing of many people)
  • pogrom noun (a decisive defeat)
  • rzeź noun (killing of many people)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • carnificina noun (killing of many people)
  • chacina noun (killing of many people)
  • massacre noun (killing of many people)
  • massacre noun (a decisive defeat)

Romanian

4 entries
  • abataj noun (killing of animals)
  • măcel noun (killing of many people)
  • măcelări verb (to butcher animals, generally for food)
  • omorî verb (to butcher animals, generally for food)

Russian

4 entries
  • бо́йня noun (killing of many people)
  • забо́й noun (killing of animals)
  • истребле́ние noun (killing of many people)
  • крова́вая ба́ня noun (killing of many people)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • àr noun (killing of many people)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • klanica noun (a decisive defeat)
  • klánje noun (killing of animals)
  • klánje noun (killing of many people)
  • pòkolj noun (killing of animals)

Slovak

2 entries
  • masaker noun (killing of many people)
  • masakra noun (killing of many people)

Slovene

2 entries
  • masaker noun (killing of many people)
  • pokol noun (killing of many people)

Spanish

4 entries
  • carnicería noun (killing of many people)
  • escabechina noun (a decisive defeat)
  • masacre noun (killing of many people)
  • matanza noun (killing of animals)

Sumerian

2 entries
  • 𒄮 verb (to massacre people in large numbers)
  • 𒄮 verb (to kill in a particularly brutal manner)

Swahili

1 entries
  • uchinjaji noun (killing of animals)

Swedish

4 entries
  • massaker noun (killing of many people)
  • slakt noun (killing of animals)
  • slakt noun (killing of many people)
  • slakta verb (to butcher animals, generally for food)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • sumbali verb (to butcher animals, generally for food)

Turkish

4 entries
  • katletme noun (killing of many people)
  • katliam noun (killing of many people)
  • kesim noun (killing of animals)
  • katletmek verb (to massacre people in large numbers)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • бо́йня noun (killing of many people)
  • маса́кра noun (killing of many people)
  • різани́на noun (killing of many people)
  • різня́ noun (killing of many people)

Volapük

4 entries
  • mipug noun (killing of many people)
  • pug noun (killing of animals)
  • pug ritulik noun (killing of animals)
  • benopugön verb (to butcher animals, generally for food)

Walloon

1 entries
  • touwaedje noun (killing of animals)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • הריגה noun (killing of many people)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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The slaughter of the prisoners was a barbarous act.

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Commentators have variously described the sound of vuvuzelas as "annoying" and "satanic" and compared it with "a stampede of noisy elephants", "a deafening swarm of locusts", "a goat on the way to slaughter", "a giant hive full of very angry bees", and "a duck on speed".

Source: tatoeba (404966)

Slaughter is the best medicine.

Source: tatoeba (411149)

A merciless slaughter was committed in Srebrenica in 1995.

Source: tatoeba (1030271)

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