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SLAUGHTEROUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does slaughterous mean?
• SLAUGHTEROUS (adjective)
The adjective SLAUGHTEROUS has 1 sense:
1. accompanied by bloodshed
Familiarity information: SLAUGHTEROUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Accompanied by bloodshed
Synonyms:
butcherly; gory; sanguinary; sanguineous; slaughterous
Context example:
this bitter and sanguinary war
Similar:
bloody (having or covered with or accompanied by blood)
Derivation:
slaughter (the savage and excessive killing of many people)
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