Slaughter
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The killing of animals, generally for food A massacre; the killing of a large number of people A rout or decisive defeat
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To butcher animals, generally for food To massacre people in large numbers To kill in a particularly brutal manner
Example sentence: War in men's eyes shall be A monster of iniquity In the good time coming. Nations shall not quarrel then, To prove which is the stronger; Nor slaughter men for glory's sake; - Wait a little longer.
Massacre
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The intentional killing of a considerable number of human beings, under circumstances of atrocity or cruelty, or contrary to the usages of civilized people.Murder.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To kill in considerable numbers where much resistance can not be made; to kill with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to the usages of nations; to butcher; to slaughter - limited to the killing of human beings.
Example sentence: When you scan the globe's hot spots, every civil war and massacre, every act of terror and every clash between states has its unique local circumstances.