The phrase "about to be slaughtered" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing imminent danger or harm, often in a metaphorical or literal sense regarding animals or situations.
Example: "The animals in the pen were about to be slaughtered, and the activists were desperate to intervene."
Alternatives: "on the verge of being killed" or "facing imminent slaughter."
In other words, this is a painting of a soldier about to be slaughtered by jihadis.
'Ten Belgians are dead, so you don't give a damn that thousands of Africans are about to be slaughtered,' he said.
JUST over a year ago, America's biggest, oldest, most prosperous corporations were about to be slaughtered by the dot-com insurgents.
China's nascent animal rights movement claimed a rare and bloody victory today after rescuing more than 400 cats that were about to be slaughtered for their fur and meat.
The story goes that a 20-pound carp about to be slaughtered and made into gefilte fish for Sabbath dinner began speaking in Hebrew, shouting apocalyptic warnings and claiming to be the troubled soul of a revered community elder who recently died.
As recently as 1966, the defiant pose of a British hero about to be slaughtered by spear-wielding religious zealots in George William Joy's painting The Death of General Gordon, Khartoum, 26th January, 1885 was recreated with Charlton Heston as Gordon in the film Khartoum.
When pigs reached 110 kg live weight, they were fasted for a minimum of 16 hours and then transported for about 35 minutes to be slaughtered in a commercial abattoir (Cooperl, Montfort-sur-Meu).
This may be true — as the play reminds us, no one really wants to think about how cows are slaughtered — but it seems blind to real misery and lack of freedom.
Lots of signs say that this is "Pays Cathars" – an odd thing to brag about, since the Cathars were slaughtered mercilessly in these parts.
About 40,000 are slaughtered each year, according to the Elephant Advocacy League.
PROTESTOR TWO You don't want to read about these babies being slaughtered?
