slaughter
38
2.8
- noun
- /ˈslɔːtər/
:
sacrificio
- As a long-term family guest, I once purchased a goat for slaughter on the Muslim holiday Tabaski.
- slaughter of animals
- weight at slaughter
- slaughter unit
I mean, she revolutionized the way we think of slaughter and, you know, and, and animals.
- I mean, she revolutionized the way we think of slaughter and, you know, and, and animals.
- A week old flower, a pig brought into slaughter.
- And some of those animals are sold to slaughter.
- Take those hogs to market, boy, they're ready for slaughter.
- Was attempting to weigh a hog before slaughter in it.
- Without USDA approval on slaughter and packing, all you can do with me is direct to customer.
- I'm worried about the senseless slaughter of animals for no reason or, or the way they're killed.
- According to ABBC documentary on the topic, this scam is known as pig butchering after the practice of farmers fattening hogs before slaughter.
Examples
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- Pigs for the slaughter.
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It's a butcher shop before the slaughter.
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I worked at a slaughter house.
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But here she was, selling products that required the slaughter of beautiful birds!
Fiction book (1999) -
Dogs themselves were raised for slaughter for centuries in the East.
Fiction book (1998) -
For example, is the slaughter of animals for food ethical?
Academic text (2015) -
Animals can carry Salmonella species until they go to slaughter or animal products.
Academic text (1996) -
On the day before or the day of the slaughter, the pig is tied up and taken out of the pigsty.
Academic text (2018) -
The household that arranges the feast slaughters either a bull or a cow, which they provide themselves.
Academic text (1993) -
The chef explained how the farm animals are prepared for slaughter to ensure quality meat.
Synonyms
690
4.1
An act that causes a person or animal to die
349
4.4
The act of causing the death of a person or animal often in fighting
5
5.2
Work of killing animals and preparing meat to sell
The killing and cleaning of animals so the meat can be sold
Antonyms
How Extensive
38
2.8
5
5.2
Surface Forms
Etymology
Slaughter comes from the same root as slay, 'to kill', and long ago it was often used for killing animals for meat. That's why it still means the killing or butchering of animals, especially for food.