slaughter-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: Kill animals, usually for food consumption.

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1[agent] SLAUGHTER NP2[patient[animate]]

Examples:
Mary slaughtered a lamb for the feast.
Bob slaughtered the entire flock of marshmallow hens and ate them one
by one.
They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter.

Mappings:
VerbNet: get-13.5.1,murder-42.1
FrameNet: Killing
PropBank: slaughter.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: Kill a large number of people indiscriminately.

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1[agent] SLAUGHTER NP2[patient[human]]

Examples:
The Hutus slaughtered the Tutsis in Rwanda.
WWI slaughtered vast numbers of troops.

Mappings:
VerbNet: murder-42.1
FrameNet: Killing
PropBank: slaughter.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: Beat soundly in a game.

Examples:
Dallas slaughtered Buffalo in the game the other night.
The Cardinals slaughtered the opposing team.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM