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Slaughter (Verb)

Kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter".

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

The butcher carefully slaughtered the cows in the most humane way possible to minimize their suffering.
The ritual required the priest to slaughter a sheep as an offering to their gods.
They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter, but it was a painful decision for the family.
The high demand for meat led the factory to slaughter hundreds of animals every week.
After an outbreak of illness affected the farm, they decided to slaughter the entire flock to contain the disease.

Kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda".

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

ISIS slaughtered thousands of Yazidi people in northern Iraq during their takeover in 2014.
The regime was accused of slaughter and mass oppression of the minority groups.
Genghis Khan and the Mongol empire were notorious for the brutal slaughter of entire cities that refused to surrender.
The notorious slaughter of Colombian villagers by a rogue military unit sparked a national outcry and demands for justice.
Tensions escalated to the point of uncontrolled slaughter as rival gangs clashed in the devastating conflict.