slaughter
noun
the killing or butchering of cattle, sheep, etc., especially for food.
slaughterer
-
a word derived from
slaughter.
Example Sentences
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Chun Woo-won called his grandfather a "sinner and slaughterer" and said he was "sincerely sorry for not apologising any sooner".
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
Jordan Monkarsh is the son of a Jewish butcher, who fled Poland in the 1930s — and who himself was the son of a ritual slaughterer in the old country.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2019
“They go from being a slaughterer of mice to a couch potato,” says Eva Maria-Geigl, an evolutionary geneticist who oversaw the study with molecular biologist Thierry Grange, both at the Jacques Monod Institute in Paris.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 19, 2017
In a play-through shown onstage we see the bald slaughterer sporting not only a beard, but a young son, who he’s trying to teach how to hunt deer.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 14, 2016
What a slaughterer of years, what a sacrificer of happiness and ambitions, what a miner of careers this monster has been!
From Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden
