slaughterous
Prone to carnage
Slaughterous means characterized by or involving slaughter—destructive, murderous, bloody.
The word is literary and rare, appearing mainly in older texts or deliberately archaic prose: slaughterous battle, slaughterous intent.
It carries more weight than violent, suggesting wholesale killing or carnage.
Involving much bloodshed
violent · homicidal · death-dealing · baleful · dire · ferocious · barbarous · fiendish
Widespread violent death
- massacreLarge-scale unlawful killing
- bloodshedKilling and wounding
- butcherySavage killing
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
decimation · annihilation · casualties · warfare · combat · killing · onslaught · devastation
sanguinary
Involving much bloodshed
savage · violent · homicidal · death-dealing · baleful · dire · ferocious · barbarous · fiendish · heinous
carnage
Widespread violent death
battlefield · decimation · annihilation · casualties · warfare · combat · killing · onslaught · devastation · rampage
predator
Organism that consumes others
- feralWild after domestication
- ravenousExtremely hungry, insatiable
- rapaciousExcessively grasping or greedy
voracious · hunt · prey · fangs · claws · mauling · tearing · rending · stalking · pouncing
slaughterousbloodless
Without shedding any gore
nonviolent · harmless · peaceful · nonlethal · gentle
slaughterousmerciful
Disposed toward forgiveness
compassionate · sparing · humane · clement · benevolent
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