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
Chicken looks cheaper Ranchers have sent cattle to be slaughtered, rather than keeping them to reproduce, because of the severe weather and high prices.
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Tom Polansek,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
Some 2 million people, nearly a quarter of the population, were slaughtered or starved to death.
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Anderson Cooper,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
Muyuan Foods Group alone sold nearly 78 million hogs and slaughtered more than 28 million of them in 2025, according to the company.
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Russell Flannery,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
The man who’d been slaughtered in the headlines for weeks let the ball bounce, flicked it over the head of Scotland centre-back Colin Hendry with his left foot and volleyed it in with his right to score one of England’s most memorable ever goals.
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The Athletic Uk Staff,
New York Times,
18 June 2026
The Islamic Republic has slaughtered demonstrators at random before.
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Laura Secor,
The Atlantic,
16 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.
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Joobin Bekhrad,
Time,
10 June 2026
It’s killed and slaughtered a lot of innocent people.
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NBC news,
7 June 2026
The animal was originally meant to be slaughtered for the Muslim festival of sacrifice.
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ABC News,
3 June 2026
Tom Polansek,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
Some 2 million people, nearly a quarter of the population, were slaughtered or starved to death.
—
Anderson Cooper,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
Muyuan Foods Group alone sold nearly 78 million hogs and slaughtered more than 28 million of them in 2025, according to the company.
—
Russell Flannery,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
The man who’d been slaughtered in the headlines for weeks let the ball bounce, flicked it over the head of Scotland centre-back Colin Hendry with his left foot and volleyed it in with his right to score one of England’s most memorable ever goals.
—
The Athletic Uk Staff,
New York Times,
18 June 2026
The Islamic Republic has slaughtered demonstrators at random before.
—
Laura Secor,
The Atlantic,
16 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.
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ABC News,
3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slaughtered
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At least 100,000 Poles were massacred by the UPA.
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Her great-grandparents, innkeepers in modern-day Belarus, were massacred by the Nazis along with most of their town.
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If Dennis is murdered or missing, wouldn’t Brian and associates know about it?
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Investigators are still determining what led up to the altercation, how the victim was murdered, and the suspect's motive.
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Louis Farrakhan, who is now 93, stepped into the organization’s leadership vacuum shortly after Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965.
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Louis Farrakhan stepped into the organization’s leadership vacuum shortly after Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965.
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