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
Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
At my university, University of Southern California, a multi-ethnic ecumenical cohort held candlelight vigils, teach-ins, and rallies demanding an end to the slaughter.
—Sandy Tolan, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2025
Bruce Brumberg, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
In the 100 days that followed, Hutu extremists slaughtered and raped hundreds of thousands of minority Tutsi and Hutu moderates.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Much like the storybook mayhem of the first John Wick, A Working Man isn’t afraid to make its spectacles of slaughter visually enchanting.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
At my university, University of Southern California, a multi-ethnic ecumenical cohort held candlelight vigils, teach-ins, and rallies demanding an end to the slaughter.
—Sandy Tolan, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2025
Verb
Remember that pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered.
—Bruce Brumberg, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
In the 100 days that followed, Hutu extremists slaughtered and raped hundreds of thousands of minority Tutsi and Hutu moderates.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slaughter
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Raphael is a survivor of the Oct. 7, 2023 Nova Festival massacre in Israel, which was part of a surprise attack in which Hamas raiders murdered more than 1,200 Israelis and kidnapped 250 men, women and children.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
13 May 2025
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India accused Pakistan of backing the militants who carried out the massacre, an allegation Islamabad denied.—
Rajesh Roy,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2025
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Fred & Rose West: A British Horror Story focuses on the dark true story of two married serial killers who abused, raped, and murdered several young women and girls, including their own children, in the Gloucester area between 1967 and 1987.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
14 May 2025
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They were sentenced in 1996 to life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering their father, Jose Menendez, and mother, Kitty Menendez, in their Beverly Hills home in 1989.—
Jaimie Ding,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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“Slaughter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slaughter. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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