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slaughter

[slaw-ter] / ˈslɔ tər /




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Some subsequently appeared in the slaughter pipeline; inspection records showed mustangs ending up on trucks bound for Canadian slaughter plants.

From Salon Aug. 27, 2026

The human slaughter operation in the final area was stopped when a local farmer offered to buy some of the remaining cattle.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Roughly 90% to 95% of birds in a commercial chicken barn survive the six to eight weeks it takes until they are ready for slaughter.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Khan declined to directly address the allegations but said customers had largely been involved in the slaughter of animals they either brought themselves or purchased from him, with some assistance from employees.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

My sisters gave us an elegant lunch—meaning our meat came from a tin instead of the slaughter shed—on a clean tablecloth in the apartment they shared three stories above the street.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

Bigger chicken breeds and flocks staying free of disease over the summer led to a glut in an industry that slaughters more than nine billion birds a year.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

A meatpacker is the plant that slaughters the animal and breaks the carcass down into the cuts that reach shops or restaurants.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

The June 26 complaint filed by Animal Outlook described slaughters captured on video by Scott David, the organization’s director of investigations, when he visited the ranch during its Eid al-Adha event.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

While participants seek prey in the name of fundraising, animal rights advocates are training their sights on contests they see as senseless slaughters.

From Seattle Times Jul. 19, 2023

Fruit and slaughters are not usually combined, nor are gods and peasants.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

About half of the cattle slaughtered at JBS’s Pennsylvania plant were trucked long distances, including from Iowa and Canada.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

From August 2024 to early March, more than 480,000 sheep and goats have been slaughtered because of the pandemic, mainly in central and northern Greece.

From Barron's Mar. 30, 2026

More than 120,000 eagles were slaughtered over the course of Alaska’s bounty system alone.

From Slate Feb. 21, 2026

And from the mid-1930s, onwards improved refrigeration saw more birds slaughtered and sent on trains and lorries.

From BBC Dec. 24, 2025

Early in the morning, the men slaughtered a sheep, skinned it, and shared the meat among the finest women cooks, so that each would cook her best dish for the ceremony.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah

The red ink is mounting for companies in the business of slaughtering cattle.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 25, 2026

A vivid memory for Sanchez is his grandfather slaughtering a pig and driving around South-Central on his pickup truck selling it.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 31, 2025

On Wall Street, the arrival of Thanksgiving means it’s time for tax-loss harvesting, the wholesale slaughtering of the market’s worst-performing stocks.

From Barron's Nov. 25, 2025

Muslims mark the event by slaughtering sheep or other animals and the meat is shared among family and donated to the poor.

From BBC Feb. 27, 2025

They were not yet in the business of slaughtering buffalo, pigs, and other dangerous prey.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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