- Slaughterous
- Slaughterous Slaugh"ter*ous, a. Destructive; murderous. --Shak. --M. Arnold. -- {Slaugh"ter*ous*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
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Slaughterous
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slaughterous — index deadly, fatal Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
slaughterous — [slôt′ərəs] adj. brutally destructive or murderous … English World dictionary
slaughterous — adjective Date: 1581 of or relating to slaughter ; murderous < a slaughterous rampage > • slaughterously adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
slaughterous — slaughterously, adv. /slaw teuhr euhs/, adj. murderous; destructive. [1575 85; SLAUGHTER + OUS] * * * … Universalium
slaughterous — adjective prone to slaughtering See Also: slaughter, slaughterhouse, slaughterer … Wiktionary
slaughterous — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Eager for bloodshed: bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody minded, cutthroat, homicidal, murderous, sanguinary, sanguineous. See HELP … English dictionary for students
slaughterous — adj. murderous, destructive … English contemporary dictionary
slaughterous — slaugh·ter·ous … English syllables
slaughterous — /ˈslɔtərəs/ (say slawtuhruhs) adjective murderous; destructive …
slaughterous — adjective accompanied by bloodshed this bitter and sanguinary war • Syn: ↑gory, ↑sanguinary, ↑sanguineous, ↑butcherly • Similar to: ↑bloody • Derivationally related f … Useful english dictionary
