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

Cattle that might have come to the US and fattened on American corn to be turned into steaks are now fed, slaughtered and packed entirely in Mexico – then sent to the US as boxed beef. — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026

His restaurant, Danny’s Burger Shack, serves beef slaughtered in Kansas, southern Nebraska and Missouri, supplied through the Braveheart Black Angus Beef program. — Kansas City Star, 17 Aug. 2026

Translation - go straight for 2 miles on the general who slaughtered hundreds of Black soldiers who were trying to surrender. — Terry Gross, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026

This was painting a bright red bullseye on the hog that was soon to be slaughtered. — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Although scarce documentation has left a wide range of estimates, as many as 2 million people are said to have been slaughtered in communal massacres during this exodus. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026

Per the title, Aang is the last surviving airbender after his pacifist brethren were slaughtered by a belligerent, expansionist Fire Nation. — Alison Herman, Variety, 24 July 2026

Deputies unlawfully confiscated Cedar, who was then slaughtered before his family ever had the chance to challenge the seizure in court. — Vanessa Shakib, Oc Register, 23 July 2026

The Trojans were the ones who foolishly dragged the horse inside their own city, went to sleep, and then got slaughtered when the Greek soldiers climbed out and opened the gates. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2026