Collocations for "Slaughter"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "Slaughter" in context.
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slaughter
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [cattle, cow, pig] slaughter
- the slaughter of [cattle]
- the [cattle] are raised for slaughter
- [take, transport] the [cattle] for slaughter
- the slaughter at [Wounded Knee]
- the slaughter of [women and children, innocents]
- the battle was a slaughter
- the [dictator, tyrant] ordered the mass slaughter (of)
- idiom: led like lambs to the slaughter
- informal: a [5-0] slaughter of the [opponent, champions]
- informal: the [contest, match] was a one-sided slaughter
- slaughter a [pig, cow, goat]
- the [pig] was slaughtered [for food, humanely, respectfully]
- slaughter the enemy in [the field, combat]
- [the children, prisoners, innocent victims] were slaughtered
- slaughtered in their beds
- they slaughtered us [49-0, 5-1, easily]
- our team was slaughtered [5-1]
- slaughtered [the competition, the other team, the opposition, their opponents]
- works at a slaughter house
'Slaughter' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):