teurastaa — meaning in English

English meaning

• butcher noun A person whose trade is preparing and selling meat.
• massacre noun The brutal killing of a large number of people who could not effectively resist.
• slaughter noun The killing of animals for food.

Senses

teurastaa is used for these senses in English:

• butcher (transitive) To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
• butcher (transitive) To kill brutally.
• massacre (transitive) To kill in considerable numbers where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to civilized norms. (Often limited to the killing of human beings.)
• slaughter (transitive, intransitive) To massacre people in large numbers.

butcher — full definition

1. noun A person whose trade is preparing and selling meat.
2. noun Someone who kills brutally or without mercy.
3. verb To slaughter animals and cut up the meat for sale.
4. verb To ruin or botch something badly.

massacre — full definition

1. noun The brutal killing of a large number of people who could not effectively resist.
2. noun (informal) A very lopsided defeat in a game or contest.
3. verb To kill a large number of people brutally and with little resistance.
4. verb (informal) To defeat an opponent decisively, or perform something very badly.

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