The Clue
Member of "The Gashouse Gang" (9 letter answer)
The Answer
SLAUGHTER
Tags
Notes
The answer SLAUGHTER is so rare that it appears less than once every 2900 puzzles.
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Ex-Cardinal star
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Definition
SLAUGHTER as a noun:
1. the killing of animals (as for food)
2. (thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping) = a sound defeat
3. (slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery) = the savage and excessive killing of many people
SLAUGHTER as a verb:
1. (butcher, slaughter) = kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"
2. (massacre, slaughter, mow down) = kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda"