slaughtered

verb

Definition of slaughterednext
past tense of slaughter
as in massacred
to kill on a large scale modern poultry farms slaughter a vast number of chickens every day

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  1. massacred
  2. murdered
  3. assassinated
Verb
  • October 7th, Hamas terrorists massacred over 1400 Israelis and took prisoners.
    Stefan Becket, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The current conflict on the Lebanese border began last October 8th—the day after Hamas militants from Gaza massacred twelve hundred people in southern Israel and took a couple of hundred more hostage—when Hezbollah began firing rockets into the northern part of the country.
    Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of massacred
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  • Popular on Variety Chico Mendes, who was murdered by a rancher in 1988, is an international symbol of the struggle to protect the Amazon Rainforest.
    Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Their father had been murdered in their home, which was then looted and burnt to the ground.
    Angelina Jolie, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of murdered
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  • Several pro-war Russian figures have been assassinated since the start of the war in operations Moscow blamed on Ukraine, including journalist Darya Dugina, war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky and former submarine commander Stanislav Rzhitsky.
    Artem Grudinin, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated in 2022 while making a speech for a ruling party candidate during a parliamentary election.
    Yuri Kageyama, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of assassinated
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