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slaughter

[slaw-ter] / ˈslɔ tər /




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“Halal,” meaning permissible under Islamic law, is a designation most typically associated with procedures for animal slaughter and with the absence of pork or alcohol in consumable products.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

Mass or individual culls are generally restricted to notifiable disease control, welfare emergencies, or licensed slaughter.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Jareb Gleckel, legal director at Animal Outlook, said ritual slaughter is governed by different regulations, but that there is in some ways “less margin for error” than at conventional commercial slaughter facilities.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

In January 2024, the country passed a law banning the breeding, slaughter and sale of dogs for food.

From Barron's Jun. 28, 2026

Tateh would take us there to slaughter the cows in the kosher faith I made it a point to go see them.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

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

Through the first six months of this year, companies slaughtered more than 4.9 billion chickens, up 3% from the same period last year and up 6% from five years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Department of Agriculture that livestock had been inhumanely slaughtered during a May event at Shahnawaz Ranch for the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha, and that the operation had sold the meat without required federal inspection.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

Companies that haven’t beaten earnings estimates—and raised their outlooks—have “gotten slaughtered in this market,” says Nancy Tengler, CEO and CIO at Laffer Tengler Investments.

From Barron's Apr. 27, 2026

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

From Slate Feb. 21, 2026

Fifty-six days is the amount of time it would take the chickens to grow big enough to be slaughtered.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

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

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 25, 2026

“If anyone does have an idea of buying it for the purpose of what it’s being marketed as, for slaughtering animals, they’ll have a large contingent of public opposition,” Williamson said.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 28, 2026

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

Today, just four companies control more than 80% of the beef slaughtering and packing market.

From BBC Oct. 24, 2025

Joel wouldn’t begin slaughtering cattle and turkeys till later in the summer.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan




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