schlachten

Meaning

to slaughter (kill livestock; kill people brutally)

Concepts

slaughter

butcher

kill

slay

murder

defeat

liquidate

cut

cut down

operate

behead

abase

appease

assuage

beat

breakdown

calm

chop

cover

cut off

demolish

depress

dig up

discourage

dishearten

down

drop

enervate

enfeeble

excavate

exhaust

go through

grub

hack

humiliate

mortify

overcome

overthrow

pass through

pull down

quiet

quiten

shoot

shoot dead

soothe

still

surmount

tackle

take down

tranquilize

use up

vanquish

weaken

win over

massacre

cut the throat of

cut up

skin an animal

assassinate

break the neck

strangle

put down

eliminate

finish off

knock off

put to death

waste

Hyphenated as

schlach‧ten

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃlaxtən/

Etymology

From Middle High German slahten, from Old High German slahtōn (“slaughter, sacrifice”), from Proto-Germanic *slahtōną, related to *slahaną (“to hit, strike”). Cognate with Dutch slachten.