slaughterers
Those who butcher
Slaughterers are people who kill animals for food or who kill people in large numbers.
The word applies to workers in meatpacking plants who do the actual killing, and to perpetrators of massacres: The slaughterers moved systematically through the village.
A slaughterer of sacred cows attacks cherished beliefs.
Kills and prepares livestock
- abattoirMeat processing facility
- meatpackersSlaughterhouse employees
- carcassSlaughtered animal's body
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
processing · killing floor · stunning · bleeding · halal · kosher · shechita · rendering
Those who kill unlawfully
- executionersThose who kill legally
- assassinsKillers of important people
- perpetratorsThose who commit wrongs
- bloodshedKilling and wounding
victims · genocide · atrocity · carnage · killing · death · violence · warfare
Those who offer up
- priestsOrdained religious leaders
- altarSacred ritual table
- offeringSomething presented or given
- ceremonialRelating to formal rites
temple · blood sacrifice · immolation · oblation · victims · libation · rites · sacred
butchers
Kills and prepares livestock
- abattoirMeat processing facility
- meatpackersSlaughterhouse employees
- carcassSlaughtered animal's body
livestock · processing · killing floor · stunning · bleeding · halal · kosher · shechita · rendering · boning
murderers
Those who kill unlawfully
- executionersThose who kill legally
- assassinsKillers of important people
- perpetratorsThose who commit wrongs
bloodshed · victims · genocide · atrocity · carnage · killing · death · violence · warfare · combatants
sacrificers
Those who offer up
ceremonial · temple · blood sacrifice · immolation · oblation · victims · libation · rites · sacred · religious
- destroyersdestroyers, guided missile, torpedo tubes, hull, stern
slaughtererslife-savers
Those who prevent death
lifesavers · rescuers · saviors · preservers · protectors
slaughterersnurturers
Those who foster development
caregivers · breeders · farmers · veterinarians · shepherds