Synonyms of slaughtering

slaughtering

verb

present participle of slaughter

as in murdering

to kill on a large scale

modern poultry farms slaughter a vast number of chickens every day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• murdering
• massacring
• slaying
• executing
• destroying
• dispatching
• butchering
• assassinating
• mowing (down)
• demolishing
• eradicating
• exterminating
• smiting
• wasting
• wiping out
• annihilating
• felling
• devastating
• snuffing
• decimating
• doing in
• croaking
• blotting out

Example Sentences

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. — 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