SLAUGHTER, SLAUGHTERING
ADJECTIVES
– MASSACROUS pert. to massacre; murderous, slaughtering …1593 obs.
– SANGUINARY attended by bloodshed; characterized by slaughter; bloody …1625
NOUNS
– ACELDAMA the name given to the field in the vicinity of Jerusalem, purchased with the blood-money received and relinquished by Judas Iscariot; hence, a field of bloodshed, a scene of slaughter or butchery …1382
– BATTUE wholesale slaughter, esp. of unresisting crowds …1864
– BUTCHERDOM a situation in which acts of butchery or slaughter are committed …1842 obs. rare
– DECEASE mortality, slaughter …1513 obs.
– MARTYRDOM slaughter …1375 obs.
– MURDERMENT murder, slaughter … a1400 obs. rare
– MURTH murder, slaughter …c893 obs.
– OCCISION killing, slaying, esp. of a number of people, as in battle; slaughter …1375 obs.
– PANOLETHRY general destruction or slaughter …1668 obs.
– QUELL slaying, slaughter; power or means to quell …c1420 rare
– SLAUGHTERDOM slaughter; massacre …1592 rare
– TRUCIDATION a cruel killing or murdering; humorous use: slaughter …1623 rare
– WAL death, slaughter …c900 poetic usage, obs.
VERBS
– MAKE MARTYRDOM to slaughter …1485 obs.
– TAIL to cut up, to cut to pieces, to slaughter …c1330 obs.
– TAKE OFF to slaughter, murder …1897 Sc.
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