The slaughter of the prisoners was a barbarous act.
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Slaughter
/ˈslɔtɚ/
Synonyms for "slaughter" (191 found)
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Closest matches (39)
Strong matches (57)
damnationdealing deathdecimatedecimationdepopulatedepredationdesolationdespoilmentdespoliationdestroydestructiondestruction of lifedevastationdisintegrationdisorderlinessdisorganizationdispatchdispose ofdisruptiondissolution
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do away withdressendeuthanasiaexecutionexterminateexterminationfinishfinish offflow of bloodforcible seizureget rid ofgo ongorehammerhavochecatombholocaustimmolationkillkillinglapidationlay wastelaying waste
Related words (95)
lootlootingmaimmake away withmanglemartyrdommartyrizationmassacremaulmercy killingmugmurdermurder wholesalemutilatenipnip in the budobstreperousnessoccisiononslaughtperdition
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pillagepillagingpoisoningpurgeput paid torageramprampagerantraperavageraveremovalremoveridriotriotingritual killingritual murderroarruinruinationsacksackingsacrificesavageshamblesshootingslaughteringslayslay en masseslayingsow chaossowing with saltspoliationstickstoningstormtake offtaking of lifeteartear aroundterrorizetotorturetotalundoingunrulinessvandalismvandalizeviolateviolationwastewipe outwrackwrack and ruinwreck
Noun(13 words)
Verb(5 words)
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11 entriesCollocations
9 entriesanimal slaughtercattle slaughtermass slaughterpoultry slaughtersheep slaughterslaughter policyslaughter rateslaughtered animalsslaughterhouse
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
110 translations across 50 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- masakër noun (killing of many people)
- therje noun (killing of many people)
Arabic
2 entries- تَقْتِيل noun (killing of many people)
- مَذْبَحَة noun (killing of many people)
Armenian
2 entries- կոտորած noun (killing of many people)
- սպանդ noun (killing of many people)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qətliam noun (killing of many people)
Belarusian
3 entries- бо́йня noun (killing of many people)
- разня́ noun (killing of many people)
- разні́ца noun (killing of many people)
Bulgarian
2 entries- клане́ noun (killing of many people)
- 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- 屠殺 /屠杀 noun (killing of many people)
- 慘案 /惨案 noun (killing of many people)
- 慘殺 /惨杀 noun (killing of many people)
- 殺戮 /杀戮 noun (killing of many people)
Cyrillic
1 entries- хядлага noun (killing of many people)
Czech
1 entries- masakr noun (killing of many people)
Dutch
3 entries- afslachting noun (killing of many people)
- bloedbad noun (killing of many people)
- slachtpartij noun (killing of many people)
Esperanto
1 entries- masakro noun (killing of many people)
Estonian
1 entries- tapatalg noun (killing of many people)
Finnish
4 entries- joukkomurha noun (killing of many people)
- lahtaus noun (killing of many people)
- teurastus noun (killing of many people)
- verilöyly noun (killing of many people)
French
3 entries- carnage noun (killing of many people)
- massacre noun (killing of many people)
- tuerie noun (killing of many people)
Galician
1 entries- 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)
- Metzelei noun (killing of many people)
- Schlachtung noun (killing of many people)
- Schlächterei noun (killing of many people)
Greek
1 entries- σφαγή noun (killing of many people)
Hebrew
1 entries- טֶבַח noun (killing of many people)
Hungarian
2 entries- mészárlás noun (killing of many people)
- öldöklés noun (killing of many people)
Icelandic
1 entries- slátrun noun (killing of many people)
Irish
2 entries- eirleach noun (killing of many people)
- ár noun (killing of many people)
Italian
3 entries- carneficina noun (killing of many people)
- massacro noun (killing of many people)
- mattanza noun (killing of many people)
Japanese
3 entries- 惨殺 noun (killing of many people)
- 殺戮 noun (killing of many people)
- 虐殺 noun (killing of many people)
Korean
1 entries- 학살 noun (killing of many people)
Latin
2 entries- nex noun (killing of many people)
- trucīdātiō noun (killing of many people)
Latvian
1 entries- slaktiņš noun (killing of many people)
Lithuanian
2 entries- skerdynės noun (killing of many people)
- žudynės noun (killing of many people)
Macedonian
2 entries- колеж noun (killing of many people)
- масакр noun (killing of many people)
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)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- slakt noun (killing of many people)
Ojibwe
1 entries- niiwana' noun (killing of many people)
Old Irish
1 entries- ár noun (killing of many people)
Persian
1 entries- کشتار noun (killing of many people)
Polish
3 entries- masakra noun (killing of many people)
- pogrom noun (killing of many people)
- 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)
- matança noun (killing of many people)
Romanian
1 entries- măcel noun (killing of many people)
Russian
4 entries- бо́йня noun (killing of many people)
- истребле́ние noun (killing of many people)
- крова́вая ба́ня noun (killing of many people)
- кровопроли́тие noun (killing of many people)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- àr noun (killing of many people)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- klánje noun (killing of many people)
- pòkolj noun (killing of many people)
- кла́ње noun (killing of many people)
- по̀кољ noun (killing of many people)
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
3 entries- carnicería noun (killing of many people)
- masacre noun (killing of many people)
- matanza noun (killing of many people)
Swedish
2 entries- massaker noun (killing of many people)
- slakt noun (killing of many people)
Turkish
2 entries- katletme noun (killing of many people)
- katliam noun (killing of many people)
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
1 entries- mipug noun (killing of many people)
Yiddish
1 entries- הריגה noun (killing of many people)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
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".
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Slaughter is the best medicine.
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A merciless slaughter was committed in Srebrenica in 1995.
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