slaughterer Definition

slaughter
noun

1. The killing of animals, especially for food.
2. Cruel and violent murder.
3. The large-scale indiscriminate killing of people or animals.

Thesaurus: carnage, bloodshed, massacre, murder.

verb slaughtered, slaughtering

1. To subject to slaughter.

Thesaurus: butcher, kill, massacre, murder, slay.
2. colloq
To defeat resoundingly; to trounce.
Example: I was slaughtered at tennis yesterday

Derivative: slaughterer
noun

Derivative: slaughterous
adj

Inclined to slaughter; murderous.

Etymology: 13c: from Norse slatr butchers' meat.