slaughter

The killing of animals especially for food.

The killing of a large number of people; a massacre.

To kill (animals) especially for food; butcher.

To kill (people) in large numbers; massacre.

To kill in a violent or brutal manner.

To kill; slay; especially, to kill wantonly, ruthlessly, or in great numbers; massacre: as, to slaughter men in battle.

To butcher; kill, as animals for the market or for food: as, to slaughter oxen or sheep.

The act of slaying or killing, especially of many persons or animals.

Applied to beasts, butchery; the killing of oxen, sheep, or other animals for market.