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
At Spring Festival, the Chinese New Year, a few pigs would be slaughtered and the pork rationed out.
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Michael Sheridan, Vanity Fair, 8 Apr. 2026
Pigs were illegally slaughtered there.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
Halal is hand-slaughtered by Muslims.
—Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
Before refrigeration – so a long, long time ago – pigs were slaughtered in the fall, preserved and cured to keep safe through the winter months.
—Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 2 Apr. 2026
As part of this act of atonement, four bulls and four heifers are slaughtered at the sanctuaries of the nymphs, and their bodies are left in a grove.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Apr. 2026
That is the most in modern history, more than in 2018, the last time Republicans got slaughtered in the midterm election.
—ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
But news of Anthropic testing its most powerful AI model yet slaughtered enterprise software stocks Friday.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
The elders will die, abandoned by their children, and their reindeer will be slaughtered or absorbed into bigger industrial-sized herds.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
Michael Sheridan, Vanity Fair, 8 Apr. 2026
Pigs were illegally slaughtered there.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
Halal is hand-slaughtered by Muslims.
—Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
Before refrigeration – so a long, long time ago – pigs were slaughtered in the fall, preserved and cured to keep safe through the winter months.
—Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 2 Apr. 2026
As part of this act of atonement, four bulls and four heifers are slaughtered at the sanctuaries of the nymphs, and their bodies are left in a grove.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Apr. 2026
That is the most in modern history, more than in 2018, the last time Republicans got slaughtered in the midterm election.
—ABC News, 29 Mar. 2026
But news of Anthropic testing its most powerful AI model yet slaughtered enterprise software stocks Friday.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
The elders will die, abandoned by their children, and their reindeer will be slaughtered or absorbed into bigger industrial-sized herds.
—Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slaughtered
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The ethnic Hutu business tycoon was indicted on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity for allegedly arming Hutu militias that massacred more than 800,000 mostly ethnic Tutsis in 1994.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
Washington Post,
16 May 2026
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John Mason’s forces attacked a Pequot settlement near the Mystic River and massacred the village.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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He was arrested in May 2024 and was later charged with Vesey’s killing while behind bars, with investigators revealing she had been murdered inside her apartment the day after her 21st birthday on July 12, 1980, officials said.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
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Which is horrible, just that amount of women being murdered.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
17 May 2026
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Later that evening, Lennon was assassinated outside of his apartment building, rendering the interview his final words spoken on the record.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
15 May 2026
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After Israel assassinated Hamas’ other leaders, including Yahya Sinwar, his brother Mohammed Sinwar, and Mohammed Deif, al-Haddad was considered to be one of the militant group’s top decision makers.—
Eugenia Yosef,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
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“Slaughtered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slaughtered. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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