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
Giving up 1,700 terrorist hostages from Israel, basically create a potential pathway to statehood, because of an invasion two years ago that slaughtered Israelis, there's a lot here that still has to play out.
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NBC news, 5 Oct. 2025
In 2022, producers slaughtered more beef cows than ever before in the USDA recordkeeping.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
Her time out in the world was brief; not long after her escape, she was surrounded by police cars and taken back to the plant, where she was scheduled to be slaughtered in a few days.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
NBC news, 5 Oct. 2025
In 2022, producers slaughtered more beef cows than ever before in the USDA recordkeeping.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
Her time out in the world was brief; not long after her escape, she was surrounded by police cars and taken back to the plant, where she was scheduled to be slaughtered in a few days.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slaughtered
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Advertisement There was also a growing feeling that a few more mistakes in Sweida and in coastal Latakia, where Syrian forces massacred Alawites in early March, and the world could turn against the new President.—
Hassan Hassan,
Time,
11 Oct. 2025
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Hamas massacred approximately 1,200 people in the initial assault and took more than 250 people hostage.—
Laura Kelly,
The Hill,
26 Sep. 2025
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Another legend explains how in the distant past, the nefarious Lake Nyos was formed from the decomposing body of a Kom chief whose people had been tricked and murdered by the Bamessi tribe.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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State social studies standards for years have included discussion of how white Tulsans murdered as many as 300 Black people.—
Jennifer Smith Richards,
ProPublica,
22 Oct. 2025
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Trump was close to Abe, who was assassinated after leaving office.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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After he was assassinated in September at Utah Valley University, the first stop on his tour, TPUSA announced Carlson would speak at IU instead.—
Marissa Meador,
IndyStar,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Slaughtered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slaughtered. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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