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Slaughterous

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Adjective

1. butcherly, gory, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous

accompanied by bloodshed

Example Sentences:
'this bitter and sanguinary war'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Slaughterous

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adjective
brutally destructive or murderous

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Slaughterous

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n.
1. The killing of animals especially for food.
2. The killing of a large number of people; a massacre: "I could not give my name to aid the slaughter in this war, fought on both sides for grossly material ends" (Sylvia Pankhurst).
tr.v. slaugh·tered, slaugh·ter·ing, slaugh·ters
1. To kill (animals) especially for food; butcher.
2.
a. To kill (people) in large numbers; massacre.
b. To kill in a violent or brutal manner.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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