slaughter

[US]/ˈslɔːtə(r)/
[UK]/ˈslɔːtər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. to kill animals for food; to kill a large number of people
n. the killing of animals for food; the killing of a large number of people; the act of slaughtering animals for food

Phrases & Collocations

slaughter house

Example Sentences

the slaughter of cattle for food

a magnificent 5–0 slaughter of Coventry.

The playwright was slaughtered by the press.

the lawless slaughter of protected species.

The invading army slaughtered a lot of people.

I couldn't stand to watch them slaughter the cattle.

the slaughter in the trenches created a new cynicism.

Hundreds of innocent civilians were cruelly slaughtered.

Parliament has passed an act forbidding the slaughter of animals for pleasure.

And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.

He sharpened the scythes on the grindstone, slaughtered a pig, caught and salted fish, ground barley in a water-driven gristmill and grew and stored potatoes.

Real-world Examples

" Your own subjects would gladly slaughter you" .

Source: A Dance with Dragons: The Song of Ice and Fire (Bilingual Chinese-English)

They're going to be slaughtered. They're complete rubbish without us.'

Source: 5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Rise to the surface and slaughter the vermin.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

Said the walkers slaughtered his friends.

Source: Game of Thrones (Season 1)

The slaughter took place over just 100 days.

Source: BBC Listening Collection June 2023

They let our baby get slaughtered.

Source: Vox opinion

That can be achieved through faster slaughter line speeds.

Source: Vox opinion

This was an act of sheer evil, more than 1,000 civilians slaughtered, not just kill, slaughtered in Israel.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

Italy's prime minister Matteo Renzi said an absolutely tremendous rescue operation had prevented a potential slaughter at sea.

Source: BBC Listening December 2014 Collection

At least 1,200 people were slaughtered, including 260 at a music festival.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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