slaughterous

• Adjectif littéraire ou vieilli qui signifie meurtrier, enclin à massacrer, ou évoquant une boucherie. Il ne s'emploie guère dans la langue courante.

An archaic adjective meaning murderous or given to slaughter; no longer in common use.

1. Accompanied by bloodshedC2formal

   Characterized by or involving a great deal of violent killing or bloodshed.

   sanglant

   • The battlefield was a slaughterous scene after the fierce combat.
   • Historians describe the invasion as a particularly slaughterous campaign.
   • The novel depicts the slaughterous nature of the ancient war.

   Synonymesbloodybutcherlygorysanguinary

   Antonymesnonviolentpeaceful