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slaughter 1 of 2

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as in massacre
the killing of a large number of people all civilized nations should protest this senseless slaughter

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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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“Slaughter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slaughter. Accessed 27 Nov. 2022.

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