Synonyms of slaughtered

slaughtered

verb

past tense of slaughter

as in massacred

to kill on a large scale

modern poultry farms slaughter a vast number of chickens every day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• massacred
• murdered
• assassinated
• executed
• destroyed
• butchered
• dispatched
• slew
• demolished
• mowed (down)
• eradicated
• exterminated
• decimated
• smote
• wiped out
• wasted
• felled
• annihilated
• snuffed
• devastated
• did in
• croaked
• blotted out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of slaughtered

Already, in South Africa, an ostrich flock that survives bird flu would only be quarantined and rigorously tested for reinfection, not slaughtered. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Every year, live chickens are confined and slaughtered at makeshift sites on Brooklyn streets and sidewalks. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026

Still, a currency collapse last year and high inflation triggered widespread unrest, and the regime slaughtered thousands in a brutal crackdown. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026

What to Read Providence, by Max Barry Seven years before the start of this novel, an alien species slaughtered everyone aboard a human spaceship—Earth’s first contact with extraterrestrials. — Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026

Bulls make money, bears make money, and pigs get slaughtered. — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026

More than 10,000 people, including many children, died during the two-year siege of Sarajevo and more than 7,000 Muslims, mostly men and boys were slaughtered within a few days in Srebrenica in July 1995. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026

In 1995, Mladic’s troops slaughtered more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica — the only post-World War II case of genocide in Europe. — Jovana Gec, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

In 1995, Mladic's troops slaughtered more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica — the only post-World War II case of genocide in Europe. — CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026