n., pl. -ies.

1. Wanton or cruel killing; carnage.
2. Something botched; a bungle.
3. The trade of a butcher.
4. Chiefly British. A slaughterhouse.

noun

The savage killing of many victims: bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed, carnage, massacre, pogrom, slaughter. See help/harm/harmless.

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: a building where animals are butchered
  Synonyms: abattoir, shambles, slaughterhouse

Meaning #2: the business of a butcher
  Synonym: butchering

Meaning #3: the savage and excessive killing of many people
  Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - slagteri

Nederlands (Dutch)
slachting, slagerij, bloedbad

Français (French)
n. - boucherie, (fig) boucherie, massacre, carnage, abattoir

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gemetzel, Fleischerhandwerk, Schlachthaus

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σφαγή, μακελειό

Italiano (Italian)
macello, massacro

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ofício (m) de açougueiro, massacre (m)

Русский (Russian)
бойня

Español (Spanish)
n. - matanza, carnicería

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - slakteri, slaktaryrke, slakt

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
屠场, 肉贩

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 屠場, 肉販

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 도살장, 학살

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 屠殺所, 肉屋, 虐殺

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مجزرة, مذبحه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קטל, קצבות, שחיטה‬

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