slaughter
noun
the killing or butchering of cattle, sheep, etc., especially for food.
had slaughtered
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past perfectof slaughter.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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There was a leg of a lamb that Majid, a former Guantánamo detainee, had slaughtered himself, sweets brought by a sister in Maryland, dates from Saudi Arabia.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2024
At Christmas the men returned from Terni, Sulmona, and Rome, stayed for a few days, and set off again after they had slaughtered the pigs.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 22, 2019
A century ago, humans had slaughtered nearly every right whale in the Atlantic.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2018
During the War of 1812, he had slaughtered Creek Indians alongside Davy Crockett and defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans, where his toughness won him the nickname “Old Hickory.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2016
From the farm’s walk-in cooler I picked out two of the chick-ens we had slaughtered on Wednesday.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
