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noun

ˈslȯ-tər

Definition of slaughter

as in massacre

the killing of a large number of people all civilized nations should protest this senseless slaughter

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verb

as in to massacre

to kill on a large scale modern poultry farms slaughter a vast number of chickens every day

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The rigidity and delusions of tyrannies are incorrigible; their purity spirals end in executions, not just cancellations; their adventures end in devastation and slaughter. — Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026 Fulda all but ditches his ambitious partner Chaton (Vincent Dedienne), in order to team up with Stéphane to get to the bottom of the endless pig-slaughter, and to put paid to the local superstition that Brun’s ghost may be the culprit. — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 16 June 2026

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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 See All Example Sentences for slaughter

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Athalia’s family returned home a few days after the massacre.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 3 July 2026
The issue has been particularly salient for low-income families living near fields of coca, the shrub used to make cocaine, as human rights organizations documented more than 50 massacres in Colombia just this year.

— CBS News, CBS News, 29 June 2026

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Walker was abducted, raped, tortured and murdered after attending a Valentine’s Day dance with her boyfriend.

— Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
Shanahan notes that the spoiler that’s in the very title of the play — that someone named Roger Ackroyd was murdered — is more than enough.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026

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