Slaughter
noun
The killing of animals for food.
The slaughter of pigs for bacon is carried out in slaughterhouses.
Often appears as...
- animal slaughter
- mass slaughter
noun
The killing of a large number of people or animals in a cruel or violent way.
The war led to the slaughter of thousands.
Often appears as...
- senseless slaughter
- bloody slaughter
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To kill animals for food usually in large numbers.
The farmer slaughters pigs for a living.
Often appears as...
- slaughter cattle
- slaughter chickens
verb
To kill many people in a cruel or violent way.
The invaders slaughtered all the inhabitants of the village.
Often appears as...
- slaughter mercilessly
- slaughter innocents
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To defeat someone easily.
Our team was slaughtered in yesterday's match.
Often appears as...
- slaughter the competition
- slaughter in a game
Usage tips
Colloquial, Disapproving
noun
The killing of animals for food.
The slaughter of pigs for bacon is carried out in slaughterhouses.
Often appears as...
- animal slaughter
- mass slaughter
noun
The killing of a large number of people or animals in a cruel or violent way.
The war led to the slaughter of thousands.
Often appears as...
- senseless slaughter
- bloody slaughter
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To kill animals for food usually in large numbers.
The farmer slaughters pigs for a living.
Often appears as...
- slaughter cattle
- slaughter chickens
verb
To kill many people in a cruel or violent way.
The invaders slaughtered all the inhabitants of the village.
Often appears as...
- slaughter mercilessly
- slaughter innocents
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To defeat someone easily.
Our team was slaughtered in yesterday's match.
Often appears as...
- slaughter the competition
- slaughter in a game
Usage tips
Colloquial, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Food Industry
Used when discussing farming and the meat production processes.
Strict regulations govern animal slaughter for human consumption.
Pro Tip 2/2Neutral Tone
Does not carry a negative connotation when used in context of food preparation.
Many cultures have specific rituals for the slaughter before making traditional dishes.
Pro Tip 1/2Food Industry
Used when discussing farming and the meat production processes.
Strict regulations govern animal slaughter for human consumption.
Pro Tip 2/2Neutral Tone
Does not carry a negative connotation when used in context of food preparation.
Many cultures have specific rituals for the slaughter before making traditional dishes.
Pro Tip 1/2Food Industry
Used when discussing farming and the meat production processes.
Strict regulations govern animal slaughter for human consumption.
Pro Tip 2/2Neutral Tone
Does not carry a negative connotation when used in context of food preparation.
Many cultures have specific rituals for the slaughter before making traditional dishes.
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Gordon Cooks Whitefish PIPE...
now for the final cook. Don't get too clever with this white fish. First of all, I'm going to have to follow that technique and cook over wood, otherwise if you start filleting it, cooking it skin side down, nonstick pan, you're going to get absolutely slaughtered. So keep it simple, but a nice little find, the whitefish.
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The world needs all...
what are you most passionate about I'm passionate about that the things I do are going to make the world a better place when I have a mother of an autistic child say my kid went to college because of your book or something or wanting our lectures that makes me happy you know like the slaughter plants I've worked with them
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they were absolutely awful. I developed a really simple scoring system for slaughter plants, where you just measure How many cattle fell down? How many got poked with the prodder? How many cattle are mooing their heads off? And it's very, very simple. You directly observe a few simple things. It's worked really well.
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An Elaborate 9/11 Plan ...
would be a conspiracy that would have to involve thousands if not tens of thousands of people and it involved the slaughter of five or six thousand people and there are just so many moving parts and that's just not the way that conspiracies work in real life it's too massive and too messy and it just
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Erika Larsen: The...
that would go and live with a family of reindeer herders. She would help with the children, she would help cook and clean. She would also travel with the herders when they were with the reindeer. She would help slaughter the reindeer, and basically anything that needed to be done.
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Good news about...
down trees causing deforestation disturbing the habitat of bats who move into the human food chain by dropping an apple a pig it's the Apple what happens to the pig is what happens to all pigs they get slaughtered and then by blood
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Leather and meat without...
when we look back on today and on how we raise and slaughter billions of animals to make our hamburgers and our handbags, we'll see this as being wasteful and indeed crazy. Did you know that today we maintain
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Akashinga: The Brave...
Without protection in these areas, elephants will continue to be slaughtered; they will become instinct. Poachers, they kill elephants because they want tusks, the ivory.
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Saving Bears In The...
Southeast Asia mother bear's are being slaughtered both for their body parts and also to get to their cubs which are then sold into the illegal wildlife trade
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Protecting The Elephant...
i'm gone i'm back to camp on the radio trying to get guards motivated in many ways andrea is the only person standing between the elephants and mass slaughter
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Gordon Cooks Whitefish PIPE...
now for the final cook. Don't get too clever with this white fish. First of all, I'm going to have to follow that technique and cook over wood, otherwise if you start filleting it, cooking it skin side down, nonstick pan, you're going to get absolutely slaughtered. So keep it simple, but a nice little find, the whitefish.
Video examples
The world needs all...
what are you most passionate about I'm passionate about that the things I do are going to make the world a better place when I have a mother of an autistic child say my kid went to college because of your book or something or wanting our lectures that makes me happy you know like the slaughter plants I've worked with them
Video examples
The world needs all...
they were absolutely awful. I developed a really simple scoring system for slaughter plants, where you just measure How many cattle fell down? How many got poked with the prodder? How many cattle are mooing their heads off? And it's very, very simple. You directly observe a few simple things. It's worked really well.
Video examples
An Elaborate 9/11 Plan ...
would be a conspiracy that would have to involve thousands if not tens of thousands of people and it involved the slaughter of five or six thousand people and there are just so many moving parts and that's just not the way that conspiracies work in real life it's too massive and too messy and it just
Video examples
Erika Larsen: The...
that would go and live with a family of reindeer herders. She would help with the children, she would help cook and clean. She would also travel with the herders when they were with the reindeer. She would help slaughter the reindeer, and basically anything that needed to be done.
Video examples
Good news about...
down trees causing deforestation disturbing the habitat of bats who move into the human food chain by dropping an apple a pig it's the Apple what happens to the pig is what happens to all pigs they get slaughtered and then by blood
Video examples
Leather and meat without...
when we look back on today and on how we raise and slaughter billions of animals to make our hamburgers and our handbags, we'll see this as being wasteful and indeed crazy. Did you know that today we maintain
Video examples
Akashinga: The Brave...
Without protection in these areas, elephants will continue to be slaughtered; they will become instinct. Poachers, they kill elephants because they want tusks, the ivory.
Video examples
Saving Bears In The...
Southeast Asia mother bear's are being slaughtered both for their body parts and also to get to their cubs which are then sold into the illegal wildlife trade
Video examples
Protecting The Elephant...
i'm gone i'm back to camp on the radio trying to get guards motivated in many ways andrea is the only person standing between the elephants and mass slaughter
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Quote examples
Tess Gerritsen
American Novelist
In 'Last to Die,' three children living in different cities are the only survivors when their families are slaughtered. Two years later, their foster families are murdered, and these three orphans are once again the only survivors.
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Fred Ward
American Actor
It's a major part of world history that men are trying to kill each other. It's just one slaughter after the other. We talk about it, but no one's really listening.
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Bobby Fischer
American Celebrity
The U.S. and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians, just slaughtering them, for years. Robbing them and slaughtering them.
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Elton Gallegly
American Politician
More than 65,000 horses were slaughtered in the United States in 2004, a 50 percent increase since 2002.
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George Washington
American President
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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Paul Watson
Canadian Environmentalist
The film 'The Cove' made people aware of the Japanese slaughter of whales.
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Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
Iraqi Public Servant
Yesterday, we slaughtered them and we will continue to slaughter them.
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Roger Zelazny
American Writer
I enjoy slaughtering beasts, and I think of my relatives constantly.
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David Harewood
English Actor
When I first played Othello, a reviewer absolutely slaughtered me.
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Dominique Swain
American Actress
I just don't think animals should be slaughtered for their fur.
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Tess Gerritsen
American Novelist
In 'Last to Die,' three children living in different cities are the only survivors when their families are slaughtered. Two years later, their foster families are murdered, and these three orphans are once again the only survivors.
Quote examples
Fred Ward
American Actor
It's a major part of world history that men are trying to kill each other. It's just one slaughter after the other. We talk about it, but no one's really listening.
Quote examples
Bobby Fischer
American Celebrity
The U.S. and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians, just slaughtering them, for years. Robbing them and slaughtering them.
Quote examples
Elton Gallegly
American Politician
More than 65,000 horses were slaughtered in the United States in 2004, a 50 percent increase since 2002.
Quote examples
George Washington
American President
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
Quote examples
Paul Watson
Canadian Environmentalist
The film 'The Cove' made people aware of the Japanese slaughter of whales.
Quote examples
Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
Iraqi Public Servant
Yesterday, we slaughtered them and we will continue to slaughter them.
Quote examples
Roger Zelazny
American Writer
I enjoy slaughtering beasts, and I think of my relatives constantly.
Quote examples
David Harewood
English Actor
When I first played Othello, a reviewer absolutely slaughtered me.
Quote examples
Dominique Swain
American Actress
I just don't think animals should be slaughtered for their fur.
Example 1 of 10
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