| Main Entry: | butchery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | massacre |
Synonyms: |
annihilation, bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, carnage, decimation, killing, slaughter, slaughterhouse |
| Main Entry: | carnage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | massacre |
Synonyms: |
annihilation, blitz, blood, blood and guts, blood bath, bloodshed, butchering, butchery, crime, extermination, gore, havoc, hecatomb, holocaust, homicide, killing, liquidation, manslaughter, mass murder, murder, offing, rapine, search and destroy, shambles, slaughter, slaying, taking out, warfare, wasting |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |