The phrase "acts of slaughter" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe violent actions involving the killing of animals or people, often in a context discussing violence or brutality.
Example: "The documentary highlighted the acts of slaughter that occur in the name of war, shedding light on the human cost of conflict."
Alternatives: "instances of killing" or "deeds of massacre".
Call them what they were: Depraved acts of slaughter and an attack on the whole French people.
Both political parties have decided to turn a blind eye to the mafie, important collectors of votes, on condition they avoid openly carrying out sensational acts of slaughter.
It was the first industrialised genocide of the last century – the second being the Jewish Holocaust – and the two mass acts of slaughter had clear historical connections.
In The Buried Giant, tendrils of mist curl around villages in which Britons and Saxons live at peace, forgetful of the terrible acts of slaughter that had enabled Arthur to establish his realm, and keep the invaders at bay.
What is needed is a "vaguer designation, avoiding the g-word but clearly connoting criminal acts of slaughter".That is Christopher de Bellaigue's argument and many people will be shocked by it.
The horror of 8 January 2011 was a senseless act of slaughter.
That illness seems to create a trance-like state in its victims, prompting them to commit a ritualistic act of slaughter.
The Islamic rules concerning halal meat require the animal to be slaughtered while alive and healthy, and demand that the appropriate Islamic blessing be recited during the act of slaughter.
Now the man known for racy Super Bowl ads is spinning his version of the event and trying to morph this selfish act of slaughter into some selfless act of charity.
Serpell cites an edition of the British Meat Trades Journal published near his time of writing, advising meat purveyors to divorce their product from "the act of slaughter," by swapping out the words "butcher" and "slaughterhouse" with what Serpell calls "American euphemisms": "meat plant," "meat factory".
As directed by Deborah Warner, Ms. Shaw's Medea follows a relentless trajectory, personal despair leading to the act of slaughtering her children.
