slaughterous

2 definitions found

slaughterous - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Slaughterous \Slaugh"ter*ous\, a.
     Destructive; murderous. --Shak. --M. Arnold. --
     Slaugh"ter*ous*ly, adv.
     [1913 Webster]

slaughterous - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  slaughterous
      adj 1: accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary
             war" [syn: gory, sanguinary, sanguineous,
             slaughterous, butcherly]