slaughtering
Killing in droves
Slaughtering is the killing of animals for food or the killing of people in large numbers.
A slaughterhouse is where livestock are killed and processed.
The word extends to decisive defeats: The team took a slaughtering in the playoffs.
To slaughter can also mean to bungle badly: He slaughtered the pronunciation of her name.
Processing animals into cuts
- abattoirMeat processing facility
- meatpackingProcessing livestock into food
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- hogsPigs, or monopolizes
poultry · halal · kosher · stunning · bleeding · carcass · processing · packer
Causing death deliberately
- massacreLarge-scale unlawful killing
- genocideSystematic annihilation of a people
- atrocityUnforgivable mass cruelty
- carnageWidespread violent death
bloodshed · extermination · pogrom · ethnic cleansing · mass murder · victims · civilians · warfare
Exercising supreme control
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
- annihilatingDestroying utterly and completely
- destroyingCausing complete ruin
- demolishingDestroying a structure completely
trouncing · decimating · obliterating · routing · thrashing · walloping · blowout · landslide
butchering
Processing animals into cuts
- abattoirMeat processing facility
- meatpackingProcessing livestock into food
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
hogs · poultry · halal · kosher · stunning · bleeding · carcass · processing · packer · rendering
killing
Causing death deliberately
- massacreLarge-scale unlawful killing
- genocideSystematic annihilation of a people
- atrocityUnforgivable mass cruelty
carnage · bloodshed · extermination · pogrom · ethnic cleansing · mass murder · victims · civilians · warfare · brutality
dominating
Exercising supreme control
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
- annihilatingDestroying utterly and completely
- destroyingCausing complete ruin
demolishing · trouncing · decimating · obliterating · routing · thrashing · walloping · blowout · landslide · shutout
killing
Causing death deliberately
- crushing itSucceeding impressively, colloquially
- nailingSecuring with driven fasteners
- hilariousExtremely amusing
crowd · laughter · standing ovation · encore · timing · punchline · audience · roaring · applause · set
- food processingcanning, freezing, drying, packaging, pasteurization
- poultry processingplucking, defeathering, evisceration, gutting, deboning
- Shabbat prohibitionsplowing, sowing, reaping, threshing, winnowing
- food productionfarming, cheese making, crops, wine production, livestock
- farm choresmilking cows, milking, egg gathering, mucking stalls, hay baling
- farmworkharvesting, farmworkers, planting, farm labor, crop farming
slaughteringsparing
Using resources minimally
saving · rescuing · preserving · protecting · reviving
slaughteringnurturing
Supportive care-giving
caring for · tending · cherishing · coddling · pampering