[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["the killing or butchering of cattle, sheep, etc., especially for food.", "the brutal or violent killing of a person.Synonyms: murder", "the killing of great numbers of people or animals indiscriminately; carnage:the slaughter of war."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to kill or butcher (animals), especially for food.", "to kill in a brutal or violent manner.", "to slay in great numbers; massacre.", "Informal.to defeat thoroughly; trounce:They slaughtered our team."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Frank,1908–2001,U.S. novelist and physician."]}]