How do you use Slaughter in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like kill or massacre, plus the exact meaning.
Slaughter in a sentence
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Slaughter meaning
- The killing of animals, generally for food.
- A massacre; the killing of a large number of people.
- A mass destruction of non-living things.
Synonyms of Slaughter
Slaughter vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Slaughter
- The main meaning on this page is: The killing of animals, generally for food. | A massacre; the killing of a large number of people. | A mass destruction of non-living things.
- Useful related words include: kill, massacre, carnage, mass murder.
- Possible Dutch translations are: slachtpartij, bloedbad, afslachting.
- In the example corpus, slaughter often appears in combinations such as: the slaughter, slaughter of, to slaughter.
Context around Slaughter
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Slaughter
- In this selection, "slaughter" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, cattle, cow, john, suspicion, left and carry stand out and add context to how "slaughter" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include over cow slaughter suspicion in and 00 higher slaughter bulls steady. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "slaughter" sits close to words such as accelerating, bahamas and bothered, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with slaughter
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady. (11 words)
A chicken dish featuring lab-grown, “slaughter free” meat from Upside Foods. (12 words)
And they were people who will be willing to slaughter you like you slaughter goat. (15 words)
Farmers have been up in arms over the ban on cattle slaughter, and there has been widespread complaints in the farming communities that the BJP’s ban on cattle slaughter has deprived farmers of alternatives when cattle fall sick or turn unmaintainable. (42 words)
And at the University of California-Davis and Colorado State University, research centers on supplements that can be fed to dairy cows and beef cattle on feedlots, where most U.S. cattle spend their final four to six months before slaughter. (41 words)
He doubted if Islam has to do anything with the God, as he questioned that why a God would be hating every non-believer, allowing slaughter of animals, non-merciful and command Muhammad to slaughter innocent people, animals. (38 words)
Man lynched, two others injured over cow slaughter suspicion in Jharkhand » Northeast TodayMan lynched, two others injured over cow slaughter suspicion in Jharkhand » Northeast TodayWanna get our awesome news? (29 words)
Did the Cornell professor who claimed he was “exhilarated” on news of beheaded Jewish babies protest the slaughter of the Sudanese? (21 words)
Example sentences (20)
Farmers have been up in arms over the ban on cattle slaughter, and there has been widespread complaints in the farming communities that the BJP’s ban on cattle slaughter has deprived farmers of alternatives when cattle fall sick or turn unmaintainable.
John Slaughter (left) and Nancy Slaughter carry their tree back to their car after cutting it down at Fisher Christmas Tree Farm in Belfast, Dec. 22, 2016.
The Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Act, 2020, bans the slaughter of “cow, calf of a cow and bull, bullock and he or she buffalo”.
Outside the flags, all we know so far that is that organizers have confirmed the Summer Slaughter will come back in July and August, and that the accompanying Slaughter Survivors tour will not return.
Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady.
Man lynched, two others injured over cow slaughter suspicion in Jharkhand » Northeast TodayMan lynched, two others injured over cow slaughter suspicion in Jharkhand » Northeast TodayWanna get our awesome news?
Sgt. Slaughter’s addition was also emblematic of the outdated trend of celebrities starring in their own cartoons, and Slaughter got his at the expense of the original Joes.
And they were people who will be willing to slaughter you like you slaughter goat.
He doubted if Islam has to do anything with the God, as he questioned that why a God would be hating every non-believer, allowing slaughter of animals, non-merciful and command Muhammad to slaughter innocent people, animals.
In Jewish law, captive bolts and other methods of pre-slaughter paralysis are generally not permissible, due to it being forbidden for an animal to be stunned prior to slaughter.
A chicken dish featuring lab-grown, “slaughter free” meat from Upside Foods.
Across the UK there have been weeks of Islamist (subtly pro Hamas) protests in the aftermath of the worst slaughter of Jews since the holocaust.
After the report of the government contemplating the slaughter of tens of thousands of cows surfaced, the country's agriculture department issued a statement.
All but three had gone by the time George arrived, but there were still no less than 17 butchers’ shops, many with their own slaughter house at the back.
All the raison d’etre of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad is to slaughter as many Jews as possible, and they don’t have any political aspirations.
And at the University of California-Davis and Colorado State University, research centers on supplements that can be fed to dairy cows and beef cattle on feedlots, where most U.S. cattle spend their final four to six months before slaughter.
An IDF soldier in Gaza prepares to avenge the slaughter of Israelis, among them those he loved.
Animal welfare advocates would be happy to see fewer animals packed into tight pens wallowing in their own poop awaiting slaughter.
Blinken commented that he found it “striking and in some ways shocking that the brutality of the slaughter has receded so quickly in the memories of so many.
Did the Cornell professor who claimed he was “exhilarated” on news of beheaded Jewish babies protest the slaughter of the Sudanese?
Common combinations with slaughter
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the slaughter 40×
- slaughter of 39×
- to slaughter 22×
- and slaughter 10×
- slaughter and 9×
- cow slaughter 8×
- for slaughter 8×
- mass slaughter 8×
- slaughter in 7×
- of slaughter 5×