slaughterer

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slaughterer
Noun
  • This prompted the closure of six butcher shops in nearby areas.
    Moná Thomas, People.com, 27 June 2025
  • Since 1954 or for 71 years, Lobel’s Prime Meats has been the go-to butcher shop for many residents on Madison Avenue’s Upper East Side, down the block from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
    Gary Stern, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • That doesn’t portray a hero, but rather someone so arrogant as to invent his own law and appoint himself its executioner.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The executioner who initiates the flow of lethal chemicals into Tanzi's body then enters the room to begin the state's three-drug protocol — beginning with etomidate, an anesthetic, followed by rocuronium bromide, a paralytic, and potassium acetate, which will induce cardiac arrest.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Slaughterer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slaughterer. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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