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
Yet the gun industry continues to manufacture millions of new guns a year, and conservative right-wing lawmakers continue to pledge allegiance to guns and not to their constituents who are being slaughtered with them.
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Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Of the 300,000 Chinese slaughtered by the Japanese Imperial Army during a six-week period, most were civilians who were were bayoneted, machine-gunned and burned alive.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
This lesson plan includes no discussion of how, in the name of socialism and equality, Cold War despots in Russia, Romania, Poland and other Eastern Bloc counties slaughtered innocents, seized property and sunk their countries into starvation-level poverty.
—Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
At least 89 Christians have been slaughtered by jihadists in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
—Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
That’s why he got slaughtered in the election.
—ABC News, 7 Sep. 2025
But, according to estimates from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, there are still over 50 billion chickens that are raised as well as slaughtered annually.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Tens of millions of birds were slaughtered to limit the spread of the virus, according to the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
The end result is a new type of meat which doesn't require any animal to be slaughtered.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Of the 300,000 Chinese slaughtered by the Japanese Imperial Army during a six-week period, most were civilians who were were bayoneted, machine-gunned and burned alive.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
This lesson plan includes no discussion of how, in the name of socialism and equality, Cold War despots in Russia, Romania, Poland and other Eastern Bloc counties slaughtered innocents, seized property and sunk their countries into starvation-level poverty.
—Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
At least 89 Christians have been slaughtered by jihadists in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
—Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
That’s why he got slaughtered in the election.
—ABC News, 7 Sep. 2025
But, according to estimates from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, there are still over 50 billion chickens that are raised as well as slaughtered annually.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Tens of millions of birds were slaughtered to limit the spread of the virus, according to the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
The end result is a new type of meat which doesn't require any animal to be slaughtered.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slaughtered
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Principals told to stop calling police chief There was so much chaos in the minutes after the gunman entered the classrooms and massacred the children and teachers inside that school police chief Arredondo called the district’s communication chief for help.—
Matthew J. Friedman,
CNN Money,
4 Sep. 2025
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Finally, the 2025 list massacred the stable of eligible plug-in hybrids.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
26 Aug. 2025
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But Paris also is spotted with plaques marking where Nazi forces murdered Resistance fighters and Jews during that city’s occupation.—
David Bloom,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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During the repressive dictatorship, when thousands of dissenters were murdered or disappeared, standing up for one’s rights could mean jail or worse.—
Rafael Romo,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
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Just days earlier, Erika’s husband had been assassinated during a public speaking event in Utah.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
14 Sep. 2025
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Charlie Kirk, a prominent conservative figure, was assassinated on Wednesday while speaking at a college campus in Utah.—
Agustina Vergara Cid,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Slaughtered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slaughtered. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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