masculine
Ghātaka (adjective °°) murdering, destroying, slaughtering Vin I 89 (Arahanta°), 136 (the same), 168 (the same); II 194 (manussa°); IV 260 (tala°) Ja IV 366 (gāma° corā robbers infesting the village); V 397 (thī° = itthi°); Pp 56 (maccha°). — As noun: (masculine) one who slays, an executioner: go° a bull-slaughterer M I 244, etc. (see go); cora° an executioner or hangman Ja III 41; Pp 56; Pv-a 5. — (neuter) brigandage, robbery, slaughtering: gāmaghātakaṃ karoti Ja I 200.
one who strikes or kills; a killer; a murderer; a destroyer
(masc, masc, agent, from ghāteti) killer; slayer; butcher who kills, robs, or destroys Construction: √ghaṭ > ghāṭ + *aka