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kill vs slaughter

slaughter vs kill

kill and slaughter both are nouns.

kill and slaughter both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
kill Yes No Yes No
slaughter Yes No Yes No
As nouns, slaughter is a hyponym of kill; that is, slaughter is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than kill:
  • kill: the act of terminating a life
  • slaughter: the killing of animals (as for food)
Other hyponyms of kill include coup de grace, deathblow, death, euthanasia, mercy killing, homicide, despatch, dispatch, fell, self-annihilation, self-destruction, suicide, poisoning, asphyxiation, suffocation, ritual killing, sacrifice, electrocution, beheading, decapitation, genocide, race murder, racial extermination.
As verbs, slaughter is a hyponym of kill; that is, slaughter is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than kill:
  • kill: cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
  • slaughter: kill a large number of people indiscriminately
Other hyponyms of kill include annihilate, carry off, decimate, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out, decimate, drown, massacre, mow down, erase, wipe out, butcher, poison, lapidate, stone, poison, commit suicide, dispatch, vaporize, zap, sacrifice, take off, tomahawk, saber, sabre, overlay, overlie, brain, put away, put to sleep, do in, knock off, liquidate, neutralise, neutralize, waste, exterminate, kill off, asphyxiate, smother, suffocate, strangle, strangulate, throttle, behead, decapitate, decollate, impale, stake, dismember, martyr, shed blood, bump off, dispatch, hit, murder, off, polish off, remove, slay, assassinate, execute, put to death, draw, draw and quarter, quarter, lynch, pip, shoot, electrocute, fry, euthanatise, euthanatize, euthanise, euthanize, mercy kill, gank.
kill (noun) slaughter (noun)
the act of terminating a life the killing of animals (as for food)
the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile the savage and excessive killing of many people
the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal a sound defeat
kill (verb) slaughter (verb)
mark for deletion, rub off, or erase kill a large number of people indiscriminately
destroy a vitally essential quality of or in kill (animals) usually for food consumption
cause to cease operating
tire out completely
end or extinguish by forceful means
drink down entirely
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
cause the death of, without intention
deprive of life
hit with great force
hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games
overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration
be the source of great pain for
thwart the passage of
be fatal
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