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Meanings of slaughtering in English

Russian
забой животных
Portuguese
abate animal
Spanish
sacrificio de ganado
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Killing of nonhuman animals.

        забой животных
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        Examples for "slaughter"
        Examples for "slaughter"
        1
        Allowing horse slaughter will benefit horse owners throughout the state, he said.
        Reuters
        2
        We will continue to fight and slaughter our enemies on the water!
        World of warcraft: the shattering: prelude to cataclysm
        3
        A moment later he was inside the house, and the slaughter began.
        The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories
        4
        But Open Cages and local campaign groups insist the slaughter is continuing.
        The Guardian
        5
        Federally regulated slaughter plants are not allowed to operate without inspectors present.
        Reuters
        1
        Of course, with the butchery, my hand is often tired these days.
        Cleaving
        2
        The Belgians in vain interposed to prevent the butchery of the English.
        Vanity Fair
        3
        Somehow Jacket managed to be right in the middle of the butchery.
        Rainbow's End
        4
        An inhuman butchery of the children and some of the women followed.
        The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
        5
        All the martyrs were now brought to the place of their butchery.
        The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints. J...
        1
        Then Gubser turned his attention to the various methods of animal slaughter.
        Melnitz
        2
        WARNING: This slideshow contains images of animal slaughter.
        BBC
        3
        The sight of a hanged man didn't seem to bother Diaz as much as the animal slaughter.
        The blue edge of midnight
        4
        Swill covers carcasses, offal, table or kitchen waste; household scrap; and the waste from animal slaughter and processing.
        The Irish Times
        5
        The Commission said today that vaccination was now a better response to any future outbreak rather than animal slaughter.
        The Irish Times
        Usage of slaughtering in English
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        Poultry slaughtering totals almost 900 million a year, the vast majority chickens.
        Reuters
        2
        Trust me, slaughtering helpless birds and animals makes no sense to me.
        Anthill: a novel
        3
        There were reports of a great slaughtering and looting in the city.
        The penelopiad
        4
        According to civilians they then went on the rampage, slaughtering 24 people.
        The Guardian
        5
        The cost so far in compensation for slaughtering could already exceed £2m.
        The Guardian
        6
        The techniques used for slaughtering are those that produce the best-tasting meat.
        Mastering the grill: the owner's manual for outdoor cooking
        7
        The moment for laying in wood is also that of the slaughtering.
        Maria Chapdelaine: A Tale of the Lake St. John Country
        8
        The mothers banding themselves together to prevent the Government from slaughtering them.
        The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation
        9
        He walked ahead of her, slaughtering any reaver that barred their path.
        The Lair of Bones
        10
        The fair-hair'd youth had no reason to boast of the slaughtering strife.
        The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
        11
        The legionnaires could not reach their ships without the Alexandrians slaughtering them.
        Cleopatra: a life
        12
        Make sure nobody's robbing the bank or slaughtering any more pretty co-eds.
        All the pretty dead girls
        13
        I've got enough bad press without slaughtering the hero of Anderson Station.
        The Butcher of Anderson Station
        14
        Remember I said there were creatures slaughtering animals and draining their blood?
        The Angel Stone
        15
        To the west, Langley's knights rode behind the reavers, slaughtering the laggards.
        Wizardborn
        16
        I am a gentleman and I will enjoy slaughtering this ambitious cocky-doodle-doo.
        Cad Metti, The Female Detective Strategist; Or, Dudie Dunne Agai...
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        Translations for slaughtering
        Portuguese
        abate animal
        Slaughtering through the time
        Slaughtering across language varieties
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