adjective
- characterized by or involving much killing or bloodshed; murderous
Usage: literary; archaic
Examples
- The slaughterous battle left thousands dead on the field.
- Ancient texts describe the slaughterous reign of the tyrant king.
- The warrior's slaughterous reputation preceded him into every town.
- Historians documented the slaughterous campaign that devastated the region.
- The novel depicted the slaughterous nature of medieval warfare.
- Critics condemned the film's slaughterous violence as excessive.