slaughter
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"He himself collected birds' eggs and stuffed birds, but he was worried about the slaughter of birds on the East Riding coast," Neave says.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
Thousands of striking workers in Colorado agreed to return to work, ending a three-week strike at a slaughter plant owned by JBS, the world’s largest meatpacker.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
CO2 is a key part of food and drink production and is used to stun livestock during slaughter as well as in packaging to keep food fresh, and in fizzy drinks.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
Even if they implemented that strategy, it would reduce beef supply in the short term, because fewer animals would be sent to slaughter.
From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026
Even if we could catch it, we do not know how we would slaughter it since we do not have a knife.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
Vocabulary lists containing slaughter
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act V
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"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act IV
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"The Drummer Boy of Shiloh"
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