as in massacre
the killing of a large number of people
all civilized nations should protest this senseless slaughter
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as in to massacre
to kill on a large scale
modern poultry farms slaughter a vast number of chickens every day
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Recent Examples of slaughter
Kc Baker, People.com, 20 June 2025
Sequences of compliant sheep, moving to their mechanized slaughter, sometimes cut to scenes of streetwise children, repurposing rubble for games.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
Randall Colburn, EW.com, 4 June 2025
Wracked by violence in which thousands of civilians have been slaughtered, aid camps burned to the ground and hundreds of children raped, Africa’s largest war has torn Sudan apart and forced more than 12 million people from their homes.
—Mo Abbas, NBC news, 25 May 2025
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Noun
They were all robbed, of very little money, and in three instances, their homes were set ablaze to hide evidence of the slaughter that had taken place inside, authorities said.
—Kc Baker, People.com, 20 June 2025
Sequences of compliant sheep, moving to their mechanized slaughter, sometimes cut to scenes of streetwise children, repurposing rubble for games.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
Verb
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Season 2 of The Last of Us was a bloodbath, with Ellie slaughtering several characters before seeing Jesse shot dead in the finale.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 4 June 2025
Wracked by violence in which thousands of civilians have been slaughtered, aid camps burned to the ground and hundreds of children raped, Africa’s largest war has torn Sudan apart and forced more than 12 million people from their homes.
—Mo Abbas, NBC news, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slaughter
Noun
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Orlov also pointed her to Voit's location, leading to the hospital massacre and her abduction of Voit and Dr. Ochoa.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
10 July 2025
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The season traces the brutal machinery of empire: propaganda, collaborators, betrayal and the looming massacre of civilians on Ghorman, a peaceful planet crushed for daring to protest.—
Los Angeles Times Staff,
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2025
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Obviously, Tiff is grieving Rob, the father of her child who was murdered at the end of last season.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
11 July 2025
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Around 1,000 women are murdered a year in Pakistan due to honor killings, according to Human Rights Watch.—
Lesley Cosme Torres,
People.com,
11 July 2025
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“Slaughter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slaughter. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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