'slaughter' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'slaughter' with 9 example sentences.
- slaughter noun
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: the killing of animals (as for food)
: a sound defeat
: the savage and excessive killing of many people
- slaughter verb
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: kill (animals) usually for food consumption
: kill a large number of people indiscriminately
The dragon is slaughtering our troops.
The islanders are being slaughtered for no apparent reason.
They were slaughtered by dragons.
He immediately follows her, like an ox to the slaughter.
We buy the cattle and slaughter them.
The lambs were slaughtered for market.
The slaughter of the prisoners was a barbarous act.
I am slaughtering a chicken.
He knows how to slaughter a sheep.