slaughtered
Example Sentences
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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
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
“What were we supposed to do? Watch them get slaughtered and be silent?” said Muwaffaq Tarif, the spiritual chieftain of the 150,000-strong Druze community in Israel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2025
“Shocking performance. And Wales lost to Uganda, and Scotland was slaughtered by Luxembourg.”
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
