as in murdering
to kill on a large scale
modern poultry farms slaughter a vast number of chickens every day
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Recent Examples of slaughtering
Disease had significantly weakened Tenochtitlán’s ability to withstand Cortés’s siege, and the Europeans eventually wore the Aztec warriors down and broke through the city’s defenses, slaughtering the Aztecs and destroying the city.
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Jordana Rosenfeld,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
17 June 2026
Later on, plundering Barbary pirates raided Mallorca, looting possessions, slaughtering inhabitants and capturing others for the slave trade.
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Norma Meyer,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
Here, up to 20 courses are prepared with ritual precision, from seafood treated with the ikejime (humane fish-slaughtering) method, to rice and wasabi sourced from long-standing Japanese suppliers.
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Rachel Ingram,
Robb Report,
10 May 2026
Livestock numbers are strictly controlled on Tristan, and the community manages the herd by occasionally slaughtering animals for meat and leather.
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NPR,
4 Apr. 2026
One thinks of the hundred brothers that Donald Antrim imagined, gathering in the ancestral home to honor their father’s memory and ritually slaughtering one of their own.
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Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
Before openly slaughtering thousands of protesters last month, Iran’s leaders had rejected chance after chance to improve the lives of their own people.
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Bloomberg Opinion,
Twin Cities,
26 Feb. 2026
After recently slaughtering thousands of peaceful protesters, including shooting protesters in their hospital beds, Iran has been elected by the UN to serve as vice chair of the UN Commission for Social Development.
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
Some parts of Route 65 looked more like an artillery range, with rim-bending, tire-tearing, and suspension-slaughtering potholes blossoming from the black top.
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Ross Guidotti,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
Jordana Rosenfeld,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
17 June 2026
Later on, plundering Barbary pirates raided Mallorca, looting possessions, slaughtering inhabitants and capturing others for the slave trade.
—
Norma Meyer,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
Here, up to 20 courses are prepared with ritual precision, from seafood treated with the ikejime (humane fish-slaughtering) method, to rice and wasabi sourced from long-standing Japanese suppliers.
—
Rachel Ingram,
Robb Report,
10 May 2026
Livestock numbers are strictly controlled on Tristan, and the community manages the herd by occasionally slaughtering animals for meat and leather.
—
NPR,
4 Apr. 2026
One thinks of the hundred brothers that Donald Antrim imagined, gathering in the ancestral home to honor their father’s memory and ritually slaughtering one of their own.
—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
Before openly slaughtering thousands of protesters last month, Iran’s leaders had rejected chance after chance to improve the lives of their own people.
—
Bloomberg Opinion,
Twin Cities,
26 Feb. 2026
After recently slaughtering thousands of peaceful protesters, including shooting protesters in their hospital beds, Iran has been elected by the UN to serve as vice chair of the UN Commission for Social Development.
—
Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
Some parts of Route 65 looked more like an artillery range, with rim-bending, tire-tearing, and suspension-slaughtering potholes blossoming from the black top.
—
Ross Guidotti,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slaughtering
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The ruling handed down on Tuesday affirmed the judgment of a May 2025 hearing presided over by Cuyahoga County judge Nancy Margaret Russo, the same judge who found Shirilla guilty of murdering her boyfriend, Dominic Russo (no relation) and their friend, Davion Flanagan, in a 2022 car crash.
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Sam Worthington leads the series as David Burroughs, a father serving a life sentence for murdering his own son five years ago.
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Nawrocki this month stripped Zelenskyy of Poland’s highest state honor, because Zelenskyy named a military unit after a Ukrainian paramilitary organization accused of massacring Poles during the war.
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President Karol Nawrocki decided to strip Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle over the Ukrainian leader’s decision to name a military unit after a Ukrainian paramilitary organization accused of massacring Poles during World War II.
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The new team, nicknamed the Vatreni (the blazers or the fiery ones), was considered a rank outsider, and few expected the masterful giant-slaying campaign that Croatia delivered.
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Kim — who faces murder charges in a 2016 killing in San Jose and a 2018 slaying in Westminster — was flown into Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday, booked into the Anaheim city jail, turned over to the San Jose Police Department and then transported to Santa Clara County.
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The other question mark is whether Red Bull kept him out too long before executing his final pit stop.
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Employees spend less time executing tasks and more time directing work, applying judgment and providing oversight.
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Mexican fruit flies are one of the world’s most destructive pests when laying their eggs, destroying or damaging fruit such as apples, grapefruits, avocados, peaches and pears, according to the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
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But Blue Origin suffered a major setback in May when one of its New Glenn rockets abruptly exploded on the launchpad, destroying vital infrastructure that will take months to rebuild.
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After dispatching Zayn, a new challenger for his title has emerged.
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By storing excess renewable power and dispatching it when needed, the CO2 Battery is expected to help balance the grid while reducing the need for costly transmission upgrades.
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Normally, that involves making stone tools, butchering deer, or distilling birch tar.
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Newmark warns that the pig-butchering problem is likely to get worse thanks to AI.
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“Slaughtering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slaughtering. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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