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{{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ indiscriminate, mass, wholesale▪
the indiscriminate slaughter of civilians
▪ brutal, senseless, terrible▪ ritual▪ animal▪humane forms of animal slaughter
▪ halal, kosher▪She supports a ban on kosher and halal slaughter, believing that such methods are cruel.
VERB + SLAUGHTER▪ end, prevent, stop▪We were helpless to stop the slaughter.
▪ ban▪federal legislation to ban horse slaughter
▪ order▪Officials ordered the slaughter of hundreds of animals.
PREPOSITION▪ for slaughter▪the transporting of live horses for slaughter
PHRASES▪ the slaughter of innocents▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}the horrors of civil war and the slaughter of innocents
verb1 kill an animalADVERB▪ humanely▪The animals are all humanely slaughtered.
▪ ritually▪ illegally▪elephants illegally slaughtered by poachers
PREPOSITION▪ for▪Thousands of birds were slaughtered for their feathers.
2 kill a large number of peopleADVERB▪ brutally, cruelly▪Hundreds of innocent civilians were cruelly slaughtered.
▪ indiscriminately▪ systematically▪Thousands of people were systematically slaughtered by their oppressors.
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