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
The Islamic Republic has slaughtered demonstrators at random before.
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Laura Secor, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026
Navajo people had their sheep–their food supply and source of income–slaughtered by the federal government.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
The Islamic Republic slaughtered tens of thousands of Iranians earlier this year without compunction and remains in power despite military intervention by America and Israel.
—Joobin Bekhrad, Time, 10 June 2026
It’s killed and slaughtered a lot of innocent people.
—NBC news, 7 June 2026
The animal was originally meant to be slaughtered for the Muslim festival of sacrifice.
—ABC News, 3 June 2026
But that isn't the only animal trauma that's stuck with me through the years, a fact that I was reminded of when watching episode 4 of Dutton Ranch and listening to cows scream as they were slaughtered.
—Samantha Highfill, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026
When the MPKs didn’t know the Marines’ secret code word, the Marines slaughtered them and then shrugged and walked away from all their dead bodies to stay on mission (as in, kill more Marsies).
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 May 2026
As with the others, the pitiless treatment only ends when they’re slaughtered.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 18 May 2026
Laura Secor, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026
Navajo people had their sheep–their food supply and source of income–slaughtered by the federal government.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
The Islamic Republic slaughtered tens of thousands of Iranians earlier this year without compunction and remains in power despite military intervention by America and Israel.
—Joobin Bekhrad, Time, 10 June 2026
It’s killed and slaughtered a lot of innocent people.
—NBC news, 7 June 2026
The animal was originally meant to be slaughtered for the Muslim festival of sacrifice.
—ABC News, 3 June 2026
But that isn't the only animal trauma that's stuck with me through the years, a fact that I was reminded of when watching episode 4 of Dutton Ranch and listening to cows scream as they were slaughtered.
—Samantha Highfill, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026
When the MPKs didn’t know the Marines’ secret code word, the Marines slaughtered them and then shrugged and walked away from all their dead bodies to stay on mission (as in, kill more Marsies).
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 May 2026
As with the others, the pitiless treatment only ends when they’re slaughtered.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 18 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slaughtered
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At least 100,000 Poles were massacred by the UPA.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
20 June 2026
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Her great-grandparents, innkeepers in modern-day Belarus, were massacred by the Nazis along with most of their town.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
18 June 2026
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Thirty years after she was murdered, Aimee Willard is still honoring her legacy with a garden of sunflowers in Delaware County.—
Joe Holden,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
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Later on, Jaehaerys II is murdered in the episode’s climax.—
Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
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His father, Manuel Cepeda, was a prominent figure in the Colombian Communist Party, and was assassinated in 1994 during a particularly bloody era in Colombia's internal conflict.—
David Unsworth,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
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Last year, on September 10th, Kirk was assassinated in the midst of a debate, in front of some three thousand people at Utah Valley University.—
Eliza Griswold,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
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“Slaughtered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slaughtered. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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