slaughtered
Example Sentences
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Cattle are regularly tested for the presence of the infection and are slaughtered if they are found to be carriers.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
About half of the cattle slaughtered at JBS’s Pennsylvania plant were trucked long distances, including from Iowa and Canada.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
From August 2024 to early March, more than 480,000 sheep and goats have been slaughtered because of the pandemic, mainly in central and northern Greece.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
More than 120,000 eagles were slaughtered over the course of Alaska’s bounty system alone.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2026
A sheep had been slaughtered and there was a feast in our honor.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
