Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  slaughter 
 
  1  of  2  senses  of  slaughter 
 
  Sense  1 
  butcher,  slaughter 
  =>  chine 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  slaughter 
 
  1  of  2  senses  of  slaughter 
 
  Sense  1 
  butcher,  slaughter 
  =>  chine 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  slaughter 
 
  1  of  2  senses  of  slaughter 
 
  Sense  1 
  butcher,  slaughter 
  =>  cut 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  slaughter 
 
  2  senses  of  slaughter 
 
  Sense  1 
  butcher,  slaughter 
  =>  kill 
 
  Sense  2 
  massacre,  slaughter,  mow  down 
  =>  kill 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  slaughter 
 
  slaughter  used  as  a  verb  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  slaughter 
 
  Sense  1 
  butcher,  slaughter 
  =>  kill 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  2 
  massacre,  slaughter,  mow  down 
  =>  kill 
  -------------- 
 
  Grep  of  noun  slaughter 
  manslaughter 
  slaughter 
  slaughterer 
  slaughterhouse 
 
  Overview  of  noun  slaughter 
 
  The  noun  slaughter  has  3  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  slaughter  --  (the  killing  of  animals  (as  for  food)) 
  2.  (1)  thrashing,  walloping,  debacle,  drubbing,  slaughter,  trouncing,  whipping  --  (a  sound  defeat) 
  3.  slaughter,  carnage,  butchery  --  (the  savage  and  excessive  killing  of  people) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  slaughter 
 
  The  verb  slaughter  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  butcher,  slaughter  --  (kill;  used  of  animals,  but  also  used  for  people  to  indicate  brutality) 
  2.  (2)  massacre,  slaughter,  mow  down  --  (kill  a  large  number  of  people  indiscriminately;  "The  Hutus  massacred  the  Tutsis  in  Rwanda") 
 
  Grep  of  adj  slaughter 
  slaughterous 
 
  Overview  of  noun  slaughter 
 
  The  noun  slaughter  has  3  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  slaughter  --  (the  killing  of  animals  (as  for  food)) 
  2.  (1)  thrashing,  walloping,  debacle,  drubbing,  slaughter,  trouncing,  whipping  --  (a  sound  defeat) 
  3.  slaughter,  carnage,  butchery  --  (the  savage  and  excessive  killing  of  people) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  slaughter 
 
  The  verb  slaughter  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  butcher,  slaughter  --  (kill;  used  of  animals,  but  also  used  for  people  to  indicate  brutality) 
  2.  (2)  massacre,  slaughter,  mow  down  --  (kill  a  large  number  of  people  indiscriminately;  "The  Hutus  massacred  the  Tutsis  in  Rwanda") 

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