slaughter
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4.6
- noun
- /ˈslɔːtər/
:
paliza
- The championship match ended in a complete slaughter as the winning team scored twelve goals to one.
So let's let's get into the benchmarks and allow the slaughter to commence.
- So let's let's get into the benchmarks and allow the slaughter to commence.
- The trifling was over now it was unmitigated slaughter.
Examples
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- It was a slaughter.
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Just absolute slaughter taking place right there.
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It's gonna be a slaughter.
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I had, in your words, "The biggest slaughter in the history of 'the apprentice'," in one episode.
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- Let the dodgeball slaughter begin.
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It will be a slaughter.
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And so we read a little bit later on, here is a wholesale slaughter they're talking about.
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Well, it was more of a slaughter at Omdurman, the last real cavalry charge in British history.
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When the machines broke through... ...it wasn't a battle, it was a slaughter.
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Surely it was obvious to anyone that the Iraqis never had a chance and that the invasion would be a slaughter.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
75
8.5
A sudden complete failure that causes public embarrassment or big loss
15
8.2
A clear public defeat of one person or team
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7.2
A complete defeat in which one side loses badly
8
9.1
A strong beating in a fight or a big loss in a game
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7.7
A big defeat in a game or competition
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5.6
A heavy defeat in a game or contest that embarrasses the losers
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8.4
A very big loss in a game, match, or argument
4
7.9
A very complete loss in a game or contest
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5.4
A heavy defeat in a game or contest
2
7.4
A very strong defeat, usually in a game or election, leaving the loser embarrassed
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7.5
A complete beating in a game or contest
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8.3
A very heavy defeat in a game or battle
A very large defeat of one side by another, for example in a game
An action or event that ends something completely
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Etymology
A helpful way to remember slaughter in contests is to think of the word slay, 'to kill'. If one side 'slays' the other, it is a complete and overwhelming defeat, which is why a very one-sided loss is called a 'slaughter'.