slaughter

kill, murder, slaughter, massacre, assassinate, execute

这些动词均有“杀、杀死”之意。
kill: 普通用词，含义广泛，泛指以任何方式使人、动物或植物死亡。
murder: 指谋杀或凶杀。
slaughter: 本义指大批宰杀动物，也指像屠宰牲畜一样一次杀死许多人。
massacre: 语气比slaughter强。指大屠杀，尤指屠杀失去了自卫能力的人。
assassinate: 通常指因政治原因用非法手段杀害政治领袖人物或知名人士。
execute: 指依法处死罪犯。

名词 slaughter:

1. the killing of animals (as for food)
2. a sound defeat
   同义词：thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, trouncing, whipping
3. the savage and excessive killing of many people
   同义词：massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery

动词 slaughter:

1. kill (animals) usually for food consumption
   同义词：butcher
2. kill a large number of people indiscriminately
   同义词：massacre, mow down

1. After the slaughter, the battlefield was a gruesome sight.
   经过这场厮杀，战场上一派触目惊心的惨状。
2. Bison used to roam through the American great plains, but most of them are slaughter by hunter.
   从前野牛在美国大平原上漫游，但是大多数都被猎人屠杀了。
3. Millions of cattle are slaughtered every day.
   每天有数百万头牛被屠杀。