slaughter vs witch-hunt

slaughter

verb
  • To kill someone or something, especially in a particularly brutal manner. 

  • To butcher animals, generally for food. 

  • To massacre people in large numbers. 

noun
  • A rout or decisive defeat. 

  • A mass destruction of non-living things. 

  • The killing of animals, generally for food. 

  • A massacre; the killing of a large number of people. 

  • A group of iguanas. 

witch-hunt

verb
  • To perform a witch-hunt. 

noun
  • A public or political campaign or investigation which smears a person or group. 

  • An attempt to find and punish or harass a group of people perceived as a threat, usually on ideological or political grounds. 

  • A search for people believed to be using sorcery or harmful magic, typically in order to persecute or punish them. 

How often have the words slaughter and witch-hunt occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )