as in massacred
to kill on a large scale
modern poultry farms slaughter a vast number of chickens every day
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Recent Examples of slaughtered
That is the most in modern history, more than in 2018, the last time Republicans got slaughtered in the midterm election.
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ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
But news of Anthropic testing its most powerful AI model yet slaughtered enterprise software stocks Friday.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
The elders will die, abandoned by their children, and their reindeer will be slaughtered or absorbed into bigger industrial-sized herds.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
Animal rights groups say the deer should not be slaughtered en masse and that the plan takes away from the pleasure of residents and tourists from seeing the animals roam the island and taking their pictures.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
Security forces slaughtered them.
—Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2026
Iranian security forces slaughtered thousands of protesters in a crackdown on street demonstrations in January.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
Sheep are overwhelmingly bred and slaughtered for meat, either lamb or mutton.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
Othram often works with law enforcement agencies to help solve crimes, including creating the profile for Bryan Kohberger, the man who slaughtered four University of Idaho students in 2022.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 23 Feb. 2026
ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
But news of Anthropic testing its most powerful AI model yet slaughtered enterprise software stocks Friday.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
The elders will die, abandoned by their children, and their reindeer will be slaughtered or absorbed into bigger industrial-sized herds.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
Animal rights groups say the deer should not be slaughtered en masse and that the plan takes away from the pleasure of residents and tourists from seeing the animals roam the island and taking their pictures.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
Security forces slaughtered them.
—Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 17 Mar. 2026
Iranian security forces slaughtered thousands of protesters in a crackdown on street demonstrations in January.
—Michael Collins, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
Sheep are overwhelmingly bred and slaughtered for meat, either lamb or mutton.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
Othram often works with law enforcement agencies to help solve crimes, including creating the profile for Bryan Kohberger, the man who slaughtered four University of Idaho students in 2022.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 23 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slaughtered
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But in places where criminal groups are more present than law enforcement, nearly every vigilante movement that has emerged in recent history has either been coopted by rival cartels or massacred.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2026
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But vigilante movements in Mexico historically get co-opted by rival cartels or massacred, creating a dangerous spiral that could worsen after recent cartel leadership deaths.—
Megan Janetsky,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2026
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The pain was particularly acute for worshippers who knew people who had been murdered or kidnapped by Hamas fighters.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Just months before launch, a white police officer murdered George Floyd in the streets of Minneapolis.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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His efforts were greatly aided, Kirkpatrick reports, by the fact that so many of them feared for their lives—after several of their fellow-scientists had been assassinated in Israeli operations.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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While Senesh was hailed as a hero, Kastner was reviled and assassinated by his own countrymen for negotiating with the Nazis.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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