slaughter
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The paintings featured include scenes of unassuming houses visited by otherworldly guests, dead-eyed office workers, gravity-defying displays and lambs being led to the slaughter.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
The festival, celebrated across the Muslim world, is usually marked with the slaughter of a sheep, with some of the meat given to the needy.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
Before that, they must be brave enough not to forget the pain of losing him, a choice that eventually becomes the difference between their salvation and their slaughter.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
"We are being brought to the slaughter house," says fishmonger Jaco Koman.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
Fredericksburg had been undertaken with little probability of success, the papers claimed; nothing could have been expected under the shabby plans—if, indeed, they were plans—other than appalling slaughter.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
Vocabulary lists containing slaughter
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act V
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"The Drummer Boy of Shiloh"
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