[n] the killing of animals (as for food)
[n] the savage and excessive killing of many people
[n] a sound defeat
[v] kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda"
[v] kill; used of animals, but also used for people to indicate brutality
Synonyms
butcher, carnage, debacle, drubbing, mass murder, massacre, massacre, mow down, thrashing, trouncing, walloping, whipping