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Slaughter vs Immolate - What's the difference?

slaughter | immolate |

As a proper noun slaughter

is .

As a verb immolate is

to kill as a sacrifice.

slaughter

English

(wikipedia slaughter)

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(-)
  • (uncountable) The killing of animals, generally for food; ritual slaughter (kosher and halal).
  • A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.
  • * Milton
    • on war and mutual slaughter bent
  • A rout or decisive defeat.

    • Derived terms

    * kosher slaughter * lamb to the slaughter/like a lamb to the slaughter/come like a lamb to the slaughter * manslaughter * ritual slaughter * slaughterer * slaughterhouse * slaughterman * slaughterous

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To butcher animals, generally for food
  • To massacre people in large numbers
  • To kill in a particularly brutal manner

    • Anagrams

    * English transitive verbs

    immolate

    English

    Verb

    (immolat)
  • To kill as a sacrifice.
  • To destroy, especially by fire.

    • Derived terms

    * self-immolate, self-immolation