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killing
The act or an instance of murder, destruction, etc.
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  1. The act or an instance of murder, destruction, etc.
  2. A sudden large profit:
  3. The act or action of causing death, as of a person.
slaughter
(Informal) A complete defeat or victory
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  1. (Informal) A complete defeat or victory
  2. The killing of people in large numbers, as in battle
  3. The killing of animals especially for food.
exterminate
To destroy or get rid of entirely, as by killing; wipe out; annihilate
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  1. To destroy or get rid of entirely, as by killing; wipe out; annihilate
decimate
(Usage Problem) To inflict great destruction or damage on:
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  1. (Usage Problem) To inflict great destruction or damage on:
  2. To select by lot and kill one in every ten of (a group of soldiers).
  3. To destroy or kill a large part of (a group of people or organisms).
annihilate
To kill
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  1. To kill
  2. To destroy completely:
  3. To conquer decisively; crush
bloodbath
Savage, indiscriminate killing; a massacre.
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  1. Savage, indiscriminate killing; a massacre.
bloodletting
The laying off of personnel or the elimination of resources.
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  1. The laying off of personnel or the elimination of resources.
  2. The removal of blood, usually from a vein, as a therapeutic measure.
  3. Bloodshed.
bloodshed
The shedding of blood, especially the injury or killing of people.
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  1. The shedding of blood, especially the injury or killing of people.
  2. Killing in a violent or bloody way
butchery
The work or business of a butcher
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  1. The work or business of a butcher
  2. Wanton or cruel killing; carnage.
  3. Brutal bloodshed or slaughter
carnage
(Obs.) Dead bodies, esp. on a battlefield
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  1. (Obs.) Dead bodies, esp. on a battlefield
  2. Corpses, especially of those killed in battle.
  3. Bloody and extensive slaughter, esp. in battle; bloodshed
pogrom
An organized, often officially encouraged massacre or persecution of a minority group, especially one conducted against Jews.
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  1. An organized, often officially encouraged massacre or persecution of a minority group, especially one conducted against Jews.
  2. An organized persecution and massacre, often officially prompted, of a minority group, esp. of Jews (as in czarist Russia)
slaughter
The killing of people in large numbers, as in battle
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  1. The killing of people in large numbers, as in battle
  2. The killing of animals especially for food.
  3. (Informal) A complete defeat or victory
beating
A heavy defeat or setback
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  1. A heavy defeat or setback
  2. A thorough defeat, as in an athletic contest.
  3. A defeat
defeat
The fact of being defeated
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  1. The fact of being defeated
  2. The state of being defeated; failure to win:
  3. A coming to naught; frustration:
drubbing
A severe beating.
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  1. A severe beating.
  2. A thorough defeat.
  3. A thorough beating or defeat
overthrow
An instance of overthrowing, especially one that results in downfall or destruction.
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  1. An instance of overthrowing, especially one that results in downfall or destruction.
  2. (Sports) A throw that goes too far.
  3. A removal, especially of a ruler or government, by force or threat of force.
rout
A disorderly retreat or flight following defeat.
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  1. A disorderly retreat or flight following defeat.
  2. A disorderly flight or retreat, as of defeated troops
  3. An overwhelming defeat
thrashing
A beating, especially a severe one
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  1. A beating, especially a severe one
  2. A beating; flogging
  3. A heavy defeat
trimming
(Old, Informal) A beating; thrashing
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  1. (Old, Informal) A beating; thrashing
  2. (Informal) A sound defeat, beating, or punishment.
  3. A decisive defeat
whipping
The action of a person or thing that whips; esp., a flogging or beating, as in punishment
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  1. The action of a person or thing that whips; esp., a flogging or beating, as in punishment
  2. The act of one that whips.
  3. (Countable) A heavy defeat; a thrashing.
dusting
(Slang) A beating or defeat:
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  1. (Slang) A beating or defeat:
  2. The act of removing dust from, as a household chore.
  3. A beating.
licking
(Slang) A great loss or defeat.
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  1. (Slang) A great loss or defeat.
  2. A beating, thrashing, or spanking.
  3. A defeat
annihilate
To conquer decisively; crush
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  1. To conquer decisively; crush
  2. To destroy completely:
  3. To consider or cause to be of no importance or without effect; nullify
butcher
To kill or dress (animals) for meat
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  1. To kill or dress (animals) for meat
  2. To kill (people, game, etc.) brutally, senselessly, or in large numbers; slaughter
  3. To slaughter or prepare (animals) for market.
decimate
To select by lot and kill one in every ten of (a group of soldiers).
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  1. To select by lot and kill one in every ten of (a group of soldiers).
  2. To destroy or kill a large part of (a group of people or organisms).
  3. (Obs.) To take a tenth part of; tithe
slaughter
To kill in a violent or brutal manner.
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  1. To kill in a violent or brutal manner.
  2. (Informal) To conquer or defeat completely
  3. To kill (animals) especially for food; butcher.
annihilate
To destroy completely:
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  1. To destroy completely:
  2. To conquer decisively; crush
  3. To consider or cause to be of no importance or without effect; nullify
crush
To be or become crushed:
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  1. To be or become crushed:
  2. To break, pound, or grind (stone or ore, for example) into small fragments or powder.
  3. To crumple or rumple:
drub
To defeat soundly in a fight, contest, etc.
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  1. To defeat soundly in a fight, contest, etc.
  2. To beat as with a stick or club; cudgel; thrash
  3. To thrash with a stick.
overpower
To render imperceptible by means of greater strength, intensity etc.
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  1. To render imperceptible by means of greater strength, intensity etc.
  2. To dominate because of superior or excessive strength; overwhelm
  3. To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to subdue.
overwhelm
To defeat completely and decisively:
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  1. To defeat completely and decisively:
  2. To present with an excessive amount:
  3. To turn over; upset:
smash
To strike with a heavy blow or impact:
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  1. To strike with a heavy blow or impact:
  2. To break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow or collision:
  3. To break or shatter into pieces with noise or violence
steamroller
To move or proceed with overwhelming or crushing force.
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  1. To move or proceed with overwhelming or crushing force.
  2. To move with overwhelming force, or use steamroller tactics
  3. To overwhelm or suppress ruthlessly; crush.
thrash
To move wildly or violently:
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  1. To move wildly or violently:
  2. To strike or beat, especially repeatedly with a flail or stick.
  3. To swing or strike in a manner suggesting the action of a flail:
trounce
To defeat decisively:
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  1. To defeat decisively:
  2. To criticize severely:
  3. To beat; thrash; flog
vanquish
To conquer or defeat in battle; force into submission
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  1. To conquer or defeat in battle; force into submission
  2. To overcome (a feeling, condition, etc.); suppress
  3. To overcome or subdue (an emotion, for example); suppress:
wallop
(Internet) To write a message to all operators on an Internet Relay Chat server.
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  1. (Internet) To write a message to all operators on an Internet Relay Chat server.
  2. To strike with a hard blow:
  3. To move in a heavy or clumsy manner.
clobber
To strike with great force
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  1. To strike with great force
  2. To strike violently and repeatedly; batter or maul.
  3. To beat or hit repeatedly; maul
cream
To add cream to.
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  1. To add cream to.
  2. To separate as cream
  3. To cook with cream or a cream sauce
shellac
(Informal, US) To inflict a heavy defeat; to drub; to batter. Used primarily in sports and political contexts.
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  1. (Informal, US) To inflict a heavy defeat; to drub; to batter. Used primarily in sports and political contexts.
  2. To apply shellac to; cover or varnish with shellac
  3. To coat or finish with shellac.
smear
To apply by spreading or daubing:
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  1. To apply by spreading or daubing:
  2. To spread or daub (a surface, for example) with a sticky, greasy, or dirty substance.
  3. To apply (a ) to, so as to leave a coating, mark, etc.
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Sentence Examples

  • Memories of the massacre made bile rise and her chest clench.

  • Palestrina) and then marched upon Rome, where again, just before his defeat of Marius, there had been a great massacre of his adherents, in which the learned jurist Q.

  • The full details of the siege and massacre will be found under Indian Mutiny, and here it will suffice to refer to the local memorials of that evil time.

  • While the former faction gained in Lombardy by the massacre of Ezzelino, the latter revived in Tuscany after the battle of Montaperti, which in 1260 placed Florence at the discretion of the Ghibellines.

  • But the Marches were soon reoccupied by pontifical troops, and Perugia fell, its capture being followed by an indiscriminate massacre of men, women and children.

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