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butchery
[booch-uh-ree]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | massacre |
| Synonyms: | annihilation, bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, carnage, decimation, killing, slaughter, slaughterhouse |
| Main Entry: | homicide |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | killing |
| Synonyms: | assassination, big chill, bloodshed, bump-off, butchery, carnage, crime, death, erase*, foul play, hit, manslaughter, murder, offing, ride, rubout, slaying |
| Notes: | the general term for the killing of a person by another is homicide; murder is either the intentional killing or malicious killing of another; manslaughter is the unintentional, accidental killing of another through carelessness |
| Antonyms: | birth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | massacre |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | killing of many |
| Synonyms: | annihilation, assassination, bloodbath, bloodshed, butchery, carnage, decimation, extermination, genocide, internecion, murder, slaughter, slaying |
| Main Entry: | murder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | killing |
| Synonyms: | annihilation, assassination, blood, bloodshed, butchery, carnage, crime, death, destruction, dispatching, felony, foul play, hit*, homicide, knifing, liquidation, lynching, manslaughter, massacre, off*, offing, one-way ticket, rub out, shooting, slaying, taking out, terrorism, the business, the works |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slaughter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | killing |
| Synonyms: | annihilation, bloodbath, bloodshed, butchery, carnage, destruction, extermination, liquidation, massacre, murder, slaying |
| Antonyms: | birth |
| Main Entry: | bloodshed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slaughter |
| Synonyms: | annihilation, bloodbath, bloodletting, butchery, carnage, extermination, fighting, gore, killing, massacre, murder, onslaught |
| Antonyms: | peace |
| Main Entry: | slaughterhouse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | killing place |
| Synonyms: | abattoir, butchery, shambles, stockyard |
| Main Entry: | pogrom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | massacre |
| Synonyms: | annihilation, assassination, bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, butchery, carnage, decimation, extermination, genocide, internecion, murder, slaughter, slaying |
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