slaughtering

verb

Definition of slaughteringnext
present participle of slaughter
as in murdering
to kill on a large scale modern poultry farms slaughter a vast number of chickens every day

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slaughtering
  1. murdering
  2. executing
  3. destroying
  4. dispatching
  5. butchering
Verb
  • Sutcliffe was convicted of murdering 13 women as well as attempting to murder seven others.
    Lorenzino Estrada, Arizona Republic, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The timing was awkward — as Bashar and his gang were murdering unarmed protesters en masse.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of murdering
Verb
  • Police made one arrest after executing a search warrant at a Connecticut smoke shop suspected of selling marijuana without a license.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Penn State raced ahead 14-0 before executing two consecutive offensive scoring drives to finish the half up 28-0.
    Kambui Bomani, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of executing
Verb
  • The most pressing problem concerns European Union rules on carbon dioxide emissions, with bottom-line-destroying fines for the bigger failures.
    Neil Winton, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
  • At this point, most of the surveys are showing roughly seventy per cent of Israelis would prefer a hostage deal to whatever the alternative is, like destroying Hamas by any means.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of destroying
Verb
  • Fernandez Rundle declined to sit for an interview with Herald reporters to discuss this year’s highs and lows, dispatching Arrojo instead.
    Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
  • By dispatching the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, the Vikings climbed to 14-2 and are poised to face the 14-2 Lions next week with the NFC North title and, more importantly, the conference’s top seed on the line.
    Austin Mock, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of dispatching
Verb
  • Just as pig butchering schemes migrated to the US in 2021, some believe these digital arrest deepfake scams will migrate in 2025.
    Frank McKenna, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Analysis of the more than 3,000 bones has suggested that unidentified assailants violently killed at least 37 men, women and children before butchering and cannibalizing their victims between 2210 and 2010 BC at a site called Charterhouse Warren, which is located in Somerset.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of butchering
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